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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

Cars That Think

To accelerate EV uptake, the Zero Emission Transportation Association , a lobbying group formed by Tesla, Lucid and Rivian along with some EV charging suppliers, asserts that sales of new internal combustion vehicles must be banned by 2030 and diesel trucks by 2035. Pablo Di Si There are also income caps. The automakers do have a point.

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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

Green Car Congress

The shift to electric mobility is in line with ongoing efforts to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change. For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five. Burundi, Central African Republic, Madagascar, the Bahamas, and Latvia slipped significantly in environmental performance, largely due to sub-par performance on climate change.

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Verifying the origin of EV battery materials at the source: Traceability challenges, Part Two

Charged EVs

We have developed a dedicated verification pass-through questionnaire built using BV auditors’ expertise and international standards that we are recognized on. Plus, of course, the OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] guidelines and the ILO [International Labour Organization] guidelines on working conditions.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? First, it should be noted that while internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles produce 17.2% Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? First, it should be noted that while internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles produce 17.2% Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. The International Energy Agency. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less.