Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2021

The site extension is planned to be fully operational by late 2022 and will be the first lithium battery recycling plant in the Netherlands, complimenting the two other TES lithium battery recycling facilities in Grenoble (France) and Singapore. 430,000 sq.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

It was quaint and adorable when Norway did it, saying it would end sales of cars with internal-combustion engines by 2025. The Netherlands followed suit, with little fanfare. More recently, France and the U.K. have enacted various forms of bans on non-electrified vehicles, on varying schedules.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

Air pollution emitted from sources such as traffic, industry and households is still above internationally agreed limits in 12 European countries, according to newly published data. These pollutants are harmful to both people and the environment, causing respiratory illnesses, acidifying soil and surface water, and damaging vegetation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

According to the report, apart from being inaccessible to many of the world’s most vulnerable, the transport sector today is plagued by high fossil fuel use, rising greenhouse gas emissions, air and noise pollution, an alarming number of road fatalities, and a reluctance to embrace digitalization. —GMR 2017.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This new UN GTR, the first harmonized, international vehicle safety legislation addressing this issue, introduces improvements in the protection of drivers’ and passengers’ heads. For other air pollutants, the regulation stipulates that retrofitting shall not result in increased emissions. It will complement UN Regulation No.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified diesel engine exhaust (DEE) as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Earlier post.). Our estimates suggest that stringent occupational and environmental standards for DEE should be set.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

According to the recommendations, support measures should be based on technology neutral criteria, such as CO 2 and other pollutant emissions, or energy efficiency. Also, most of the current plug-in hybrid electric vehicle models offered derive from conventional (internal combustion engine propelled) car models. —Thiel et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

A study by researchers in Greece, the UK and The Netherlands links long term exposure to aircraft noise, particularly during the night, to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure and possibly heart flutter and stroke as well. The paper is published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. —“The Future of Trucks”.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

To begin with, they are much cleaner and more environmentally friendly, emitting far fewer harmful emissions that contribute to air and water pollution, as well as climate change. For starters, they are much cleaner, emitting far fewer pollutants and improving air quality in cities and other densely populated areas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2012

An international team of researchers projected a summer average decrease in capacity of power plants of 6.3—19% This causes downstream thermal pollution affecting, for example, life cycles of aquatic organisms. 19% in Europe and 4.4—16% 16% in the United States depending on cooling system type and climate scenario for 2031—2060.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Air pollution. Transport at a crossroads.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In order to reduce dependence on oil resources, improve the global energy structure, and reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, vehicle electrification has become a major trend. Especially in some European countries, the development of the charging pile industry is more like China three or four years ago.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

A collaboration led by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands has launched a Europe-wide citizen campaign— iSPEX-EU 2015 —to use a smartphone add-on and app to measure atmospheric aerosols (tiny particles), resulting in a broad-based data set with high spatio-temporal resolution. iSPEX add-on. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

In the examples cited in the report, biomass for biofuels has the largest and widest ranging footprint: from 24,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in the Netherlands to 143,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in Zimbabwe. Data: WBCSD (2009). Click to enlarge. Both water use and energy use impact and depend on ecosystems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

Researchers at the University of Twente, Netherlands have calculated the water footprints (WFs) of bioenergy from 12 crops that currently contribute the most to global agricultural production: barley, cassava, maize, potato, rapeseed, rice, rye, sorghum, soybean, sugar beet, sugar cane, and wheat. Data: Gerbens-Leenes et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

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). For the Netherlands alone, the loss in tax revenues could exceed €3.4 Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). billion (US$4.3

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has accelerated as policymakers across the globe pass regulations to reduce emissions of air pollutants, according to the latest analysis by JATO Dynamics. Policymakers in the country are attempting to balance its rocketing demand for cars with the nation’s severe pollution problem. respectively.

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Plug In India

MARCH 5, 2023

These kinds of bans have attracted criticism from auto 'journalists' and legacy vehicle manufacturers who rely on ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) sales which are already faltering tremendously. 22 Indian cities are among the 30 most polluted cities across the world owing to the rising concentration of 2.5-micron Absolutely not.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Increasing electric car sales were the main reason for growth in the overall car market, which contracted by 8% for conventional (internal combustion engine) cars but grew by 5% in total, indicating that EV sales are continuing to perform as the market matures. China exported over 1.2 million in 2023, increasing by 35% relative to 2022.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The Port of Rotterdam Authority, the Port of Amsterdam, North Sea Port Netherlands, Drechtsteden, the Port of Antwerp and De Vlaamse Waterweg intend to set up a single shore-based power system for inland shipping and the river cruise industry. Inland shipping takes places in an international context.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Unlike Kia’s other electric vehicles to date, the EV6 (which was called ‘CV’ while under development) isn’t based on an existing internal-combustion or hybrid model. – March 15, via InsideEVs. Regulations and Legislation. – March 12, via Associated Press.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

52Impact , a consulting company in the Netherlands, identified undisclosed waste dump sites by training an algorithm to recognize their telltale spectral signature. This design poses environmental concerns because of the sooty air pollution it generates , and such kilns have also been associated with human-rights abuses.

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