EV Central
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Fuel consumption and emissions has become a critical focus for Toyota Australia as the federal government’s new CO2 reduction standard looms with substantial fines for polluting vehicles such as large SUVs and utes. 100km and 236g CO2/km. 100km and emissions of 228g CO2/km. 100km and emissions of 228g CO2/km.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The next round of UN climate negotiations begins in Cancun today.
EV Central
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
FCAI spokeshead Tony Weber came out swinging scary falsehoods, telling the very willing listeners at The Australian Financial Review that if we continued to buy utes and SUVs at our current rates until 2029, the poor, innocent car companies would face fines of up to $38 billion. READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles!
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Cutting HFCs, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and methane can buy us about 40 years before we approach the dangerous threshold of 2°C warming. —co-author With indoor air pollution killing 1.6 co-author Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. Ramanathan. Tropospheric ozone. It also lowers crop yields.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Europe buys 7 out of 10 diesel cars and vans sold globally while less than 1% of new vehicles sold in the US are diesel and in China, the world’s largest vehicle market, diesel represents less than 2%. We would not design regulations to combine different environmental issues and keep CO 2 and air pollution regulations separate.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
They also found that extending the lifetime of a vehicle contributed to a moderate increase in emissions of criteria pollutants (NO x , HC, and CO) during the use phase of the vehicle. —Kagawa et al.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2013
If we did everything we could to reduce these emissions we could buy ourselves up to half a degree (Celsius) less warming—or a couple of decades of respite. Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits.
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