Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has been in orbit sufficiently long to show that people in major US cities are breathing less nitrogen dioxide. The gas is produced primarily during the combustion of gasoline in vehicle engines and coal in power plants.

Ozone 210

Ozone Maryland Aura Pollution 210

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 12, 2023

Finally, in a Denver-area boneyard , I found this battered '93 GXE sedan. The engine is a 2.4-liter There's no mention of the Stanza name in this TV commercial Ozone-friendly air conditioning! In any case, the Altima is an icon now, and I've spent years trying to find a first-year example in the car graveyards I frequent.

Nissan 97

Nissan Carbon Fiber Denver Ozone 97

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

Google Street View cars can be equipped with Aclima’s mobile sensing platform to measure nitrogen dioxide; nitric oxide; ozone; carbon monoxide; carbon dioxide; methane; black carbon; particulate matter; and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Sample output from the Denver pilot. Click to enlarge.

Google 150

Google San Francisco Denver Vehicles 150

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Meanwhile, environmentalists were voicing concern—about how noisy such aircraft are taking off, about the possibility that their high-altitude emissions would erode the ozone layer, and about how disruptive the sonic booms would be. The last of these issues was perhaps the most vexing, prompting the U.S. Boom Supersonic.

Oklahoma City 109

Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 109