Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2016
billion in fuel costs—equivalent to eliminating annual energy use in over six million homes. SmartWay also contributes to cleaner air and healthier citizens by cutting emissions that help produce smog, including fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. Mercury Services, Inc. High Country Transportation, Inc.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 29, 2022
The air would be cleaner, and people could knock out two birds with one stone, fueling their ride while tending to other necessary chores. It’s now or never if humans hope to prevent the mercury from increasing by 1.5° Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? Many wonder, “why not install solar panels on an EV’s roof?”
Drive Electric
MAY 1, 2023
The changes to the Clean Car Discount appear designed to encourage even cleaner vehicles entering our fleet; this will mean more PHEVs and BEVs coming in and over time fewer petrol and diesel vehicles. For those who do move to EV, they will find their running costs substantially lower.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2014
Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 Among the results highlighted is the removal of an estimated 1.5
Cars That Think
JANUARY 7, 2022
A new systematic review by The Lancet found that “people living in e-waste exposed regions had significantly elevated levels of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants,” and it advocated for “novel cost-effective methods for safe recycling operations … to ensure the health and safety of vulnerable populations.”
Plugs and Cars
JULY 19, 2007
And the grid is getting cleaner and more renewable every year. Simply put, the study found what advocates of electric transportation have long held to be true: as regards greenhouse gases and pollution generally speaking, the worst electricity is still better than petroleum. I truly hope we have turned a corner.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2009
Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize.
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