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OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

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This pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated US$3.5 The switch to more polluting diesel vehicles in many countries in part to combat climate change has also added to pollution effects, threatening to arrest the downward trend in emissions from road transport in OECD countries, according to the report.

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ICCT: gap between official and real-world fuel economy figures in Europe reaches ~38%; call to implement WLTP ASAP

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The gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%, according to a new report published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). United Kingdom); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). For governments, the growing gap causes significant losses of tax revenues.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. So that's what it takes.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. So that's what it takes.