Green Car Congress
JANUARY 25, 2017
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. Transportation is responsible for 22% of CO 2 emissions in the world (and even 30% in Europe); 95% of the energy consumed by this sector comes from oil.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2011
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 7, 2010
Europe has faced a number of extreme weather events, such as floods and rain shortages, since the start of the year. Europe was hit by very low temperatures in December 2009, as well as in the first three months of 2010. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia were hit by floods in the spring.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2009
Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. The Czech Republic, meanwhile, is also a major supporter of renewable energy.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2021
One of the companies featured in the story, Gravitricity, completed its 250-kilowatt gravity battery demonstrator in Edinburgh last April and is now working on a full-scale deployment at a mine in the Czech Republic. While lithium isn’t exactly in short supply, extracting it from the ground exacts a huge environmental cost.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 28, 2010
While technological advances are producing cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances in Europe, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy. The closest is the combination of improved technology and “avoid and shift” policies.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2009
Transport continues to contribute disproportionally to Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, poor air quality and noise, and still uses the least efficient modes to move people and goods according to a new report from the European Environmental Agency (EEA). Indexed European transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2006.
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