Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2021
—“A global comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of combustion engine and electric passenger cars”. Although China and India rely more heavily on coal in electricity generation, even in these countries, battery EVs offer a clear climate benefit compared to gasoline cars, according to the report. Source: The ICCT.
Teslarati
DECEMBER 25, 2022
In comparison, EVs comprised 19% of new car sales in the UK. EVs are even more impressive across the EU and in China, where they accounted for 17% and 16% of new car sales, respectively. Despite veterans like Tesla saturating Canada over the years, the country’s EV sector is still in its early stages. In 2021, only 5.6%
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2013
In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015. Since substantial coal use (equivalent to 50% of global coal consumption) is the primary reason for the poor air quality, China is considering setting a cap on its use.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
A companion analysis by the ICCT indicates that similar gaps between official and real-world CO 2 emissions exist in China, Japan, and the United States. Divergence between real-world and manufacturers’ type-approval CO 2 emission values for China, Europe, Japan, and the United States. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).
Baua Electric
JANUARY 29, 2024
While Toyota’s scepticism towards EVs is well known, its emphasis on hybrid and other greener and cleaner powertrain technology has been proven. In comparison, the world’s top-selling carmaker Toyota sold 104,018 units of battery-powered electric vehicles. BYD claims to have sold about 30.2 lakh electric vehicles last year.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Utility companies are prioritizing their shareholders over the public’s need for cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy. This comparison of current interregional transfer capacity and anticipated need shows that regions will need to increase transmission significantly, assuming moderate load and high clean energy growth.
Cars That Think
JULY 5, 2023
And anything, like electrically powered heat pumps, that can shift heating away from natural gas furnaces to cleaner sources of energy would also have a big climate impact, because 63 percent of American homes get their heat from natural gas. Up north there is a tipping point that they’re trying to get to,” Conlan says.
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