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Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Green Car Congress

The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. We used to have a lot of lead circulating in the air, but it dropped dramatically when leaded petrol was phased out at the turn of the millennium. —Dr Eléonore Resongles, co-corresponding author.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Plug In India

Cobalt FUD Yes, Cobalt Mining is bad for the environment and bad for the people who live near these mines. [1] These packs use ZERO Cobalt and ZERO Nickel [3] The petrol heads are not in a position to take any sort of moral high ground on the Cobalt issue. 1] No EV Owner denies this.

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India to introduce new fuel efficiency standards

Green Car Congress

In 2010, the average CO 2 emission was 165 gm/km. for petrol cars and from 15.5 We should aim for European standard of 110 gm/km of CO 2 emission by 2020, as against the draft standard of 128 gm/km said Anumita Roy Chowdhury, associate director with the Centre for Science and Environment. km/litre to 17.3 km/litre to 19.9

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EEA report: EVs are better for climate and air quality

Green Car Congress

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. This was the first time the average emissions increased since the monitoring started in 2010. g CO 2 /km) since 2012.

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New Study Outlines Pathway to 76% Reduction in UK Transport Sector CO2 Emissions By 2050; Road Transport Becomes Carbon Neutral

Green Car Congress

Fuel price: A 5% per annum fuel price escalator is introduced from 2010 onwards producing a 600% fuel price increase by 2050 for all road vehicles. In particular, the fiscal measures alone may render petrol/diesel powered vehicles prohibitively expensive compared with say, PEVs. A short-term elasticity factor of -0.25

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Daimler and Europcar to Launch car2go in Hamburg in 2011

Green Car Congress

In Ulm, 20,000 customers currently use the 200 smart fortwo cdis, which will be replaced in the fourth quarter of 2010 with 300 of the new car2go edition smart fortwo mhds. All of the cars are equipped with a consumption-optimized petrol engine, automatic start/stop system, a newly developed telematics generation and a solar roof.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

Michelin sees a future in which its tires might be more expensive but last much longer and be much less impactful on the environment. So there is virgin carbon black from petrol; there is recovery of carbon black from pyrolysis; and now you have sustainable carbon black coming from the pyrolysis oil,” Roget summed. As the U.K.

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