Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2018

results indicate that traffic is the dominating source of BC and particulate air pollution in the metropolitan area of La Paz/El Alto. Soot particles from combustion processes significantly contribute to air pollution because they contain heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are toxic. Wiedensohler, A., Andrade, M.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In addition, the ability to run under battery power only can reduce noise pollution in city areas and stations by 75% (20 dB(A)). Abellio is due to commence passenger services on behalf of the state of Saxony-Anhalt in December 2018 on 16 non-electrified lines in Saxony-Anhalt using 54 Coradia Lint trains.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Additionally, in China, the desire to reduce air pollution for the Winter Olympics, as well as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions—5% of which are coming from the aluminum industry—is limiting the growth of aluminum production for 2022. Production mainly dropped because energy prices have risen sharply in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2016

For strategic reasons, PSA Group will manufacture the main electric powertrain components in France, signalling its determination to develop high-tech operations in profitable niche markets. PSA Group has also decided to fit its plug-in hybrid gasoline vehicles with engines produced at the Française de Mécanique facility in Douvrin, France.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

DB Schenker has already been using the FUSO eCanter in Berlin since 2018 delivering packaged goods in the city center. Together, we are taking a further step in electrifying urban logistics, contributing to decreased noise and air pollution in major cities across eleven European countries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In some parts of Asia, Africa and South America, the researchers identified data gaps which prevented them from characterizing ozone pollution exposure patterns. However, overall, Southern Hemisphere sites tend to have lower ozone pollution levels, and fewer days above 70 ppb. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

The SPEG process extracts all carbon from the waste feedstock, removes all particulates and acid gases, and produces no toxins or pollution. It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important. This is game-changing technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2019

Reduction of pollutants and carbon emissions is a high priority for the marine industry and port cities. Regulations to restrict diesel emissions are being introduced at the local and regional levels in various parts of the world, and this is generating interest in zero-emission fuel cell technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2018

million) grant from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the JIVE 2 project will deploy 152 fuel cell electric buses across 14 European cities throughout France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. The JIVE 2 project will run for six years from January 2018.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

From September 2018 onwards it will become mandatory for all new vehicles. Further actions are therefore required, in particular on-road testing of fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions under real driving conditions and a not-to-exceed limit for the real-world gap, as it already exists for air pollutant emissions today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

While they offer a smoother ride, more passenger and storage space per square foot, and less noise and environmental pollution at a lower “cost of operation” (fuel and maintenance), in terms of “cost of ownership” EVs can yet compete with ICEVs. But again, other “risks” such as the U.S. Why an oil price spike would be bad for the industry.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. That continued until 2003, when British Airways and Air France retired their fleets, together amounting to just 12 aircraft.

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Cars That Think

JULY 20, 2021

Many towns and cities founded in France during the Roman Empire remain right where the Romans left them, even though the Romans made little use of navigable rivers and the coastal trade north of the Mediterranean that became important in later centuries. Examples include the use of Facebook's data around the 2016 U.S. military bases.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

There's also a £160-million scheme mimicking the United States' defunct Cash-4-Clunkers designed to pay people to destroy their old cars to buy new ULEZ compliant models (which admittedly sounds like it's just going to create more pollution). These strictly enforced Ultra Low Emission Zones never resonated with the public.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. Recent research cited by the EPI suggests that around five million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution, accounting for approximately one in every ten deaths annually. 2018 EPI Trends.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 4, 2022

Bloomberg confirms that The adoption curve followed by South Korea starting in 2021 ends up looking a lot like the one taken by China in 2018, which is similar to Norway after its first 5% quarter in 2013. Every nation that passed the EV tipping point did so as a result of a federal incentive and pollution control policy.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 20, 2024

The agreement with Stellantis is the latest example of California’s ongoing collaboration with vehicle manufacturers that improves public health, reduces climate pollution, and increases consumer options while providing a sure path forward toward a clean vehicle future. FCA’s Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne passed away in 2018.

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