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Calstart Creates Zero-Emission Vehicle Comparison Tool

Green Fleet Magazine

Calstart's Zero-Emission Technology Inventory Data Explorer allows users to filter, explore, compare, contrast, and visualize data about zero-emission truck and bus models.

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Porsche simulates hydrogen V8 for virtual Nordschleife run; 440 kW, 261 km/h, near-zero NOx

Green Car Congress

In a recent simulation study reported in Porsche Engineering Magazine , Porsche Engineering examined the potential of hydrogen combustion engines. Comparison of turbocharging systems. The result is a high-performance powertrain with emissions at the same level as ambient air.

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QOTD: Influenced by the Automotive Press?

The Truth About Cars

The magazine is popular, and I know a lot of people, both car enthusiasts and not, who trust it. Are you reading the buff books for car-shopping advice, or more so because you want to see who wins the most recent comparison test? Yet sometimes CR says not to buy a car and it sells well. Or vice versa. Sound off below.

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Volkswagen posts best March sales in US since 1973; boom in Passat sales

Green Car Congress

On the heels of taking first place in a six-car comparison test in Car and Driver Magazine , the Passat achieved 10,032 sales in March, marking the first time ever this volume has been achieved. In Car and Driver ’s midsize sedan comparison test, the 2012 Passat 2.5

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What Are the Environmental Impacts of Tires

Clean Fleet Report

Leachate was considered the main driver of toxicity in both organisms, with the particles themselves enhancing the toxicity in comparison to the leachate alone. See more at E Magazine. More Information: Emissions Analytics , Tire Dust Is Pollution ; Why Don’t Tires Last as Long on an EV? Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

Green Car Congress

From laboratory to road international: A comparison of official and real-world fuel consumption and CO 2 values for passenger cars in Europe, the United States, China, and Japan. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Are EVs more of a fire hazard than ICEs?

EV Central

But comparisons like this only highlight the fact that in London, as in many other wealthy places in the world, ICE-powered vehicles vastly outnumber EVs. What’s very easy to establish is that EV fires are, in absolute terms, quite rare. ” That’s engineer talk for what you or I would call a fire.

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