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What EPA vehicle standards are and what they mean for you

Plug in America

The recently finalized standards are simply a continuation of vehicle standards to protect human health and limit emissions. The target amount of average tailpipe emissions gets a bit lower each year, resulting in progressively cleaner cars. Tailpipe emissions are toxic. EPA standards aren’t new.

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Green Car Congress

pollution—Dar-es-Salaam, Blantyre and Dhaka—also experienced higher death rates per 100,000 commuting car population per year. in-car exposure against its GDP per capita. The researchers found that the cities where drivers were exposed to the highest levels of PM 2.5 The low PM 2.5

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

early technology adopters and relatively affluent urban consumers interested in a “green” commuter car). However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g., Market Drivers. Long-Term R&D Commitments.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. Glad to see the variety & availability of electic commuter cars (vs hybrids & PHEV) is rising. gallons of gas every 1000 miles.