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IEA: global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade

Green Car Congress

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, a trend that has continued since 2015 when demand grew by 2.5%.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Globally there has been an increasing focus on low or zero emission powertrains, driven by climate concerns. While this transition will be crucial in reducing emissions, even by 2030, a large part of the global vehicle parc, especially in the developing world, will continue to be dependent on fossil fuels.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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in 2018 and 42.4% So how did this largely rural Scandinavian country become the global leader in EV adoption? This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars.

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Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, says company official

Electric Vehicles India

Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, much ahead of its global target of becoming a full electric car company by 2030, a senior company official said on Tuesday. We said we will be 50 per cent electric (globally) by then, we could say well in India, we’re going to be 100 per cent electric.

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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

Green Car Congress

This includes comparisons between the EV global leader Norway, an intermediate adopter (Sweden), and the less developed EV markets of Finland, Iceland and Denmark. Ultimately, the implication seems to be that EVs are at a severe disadvantage at the point of sale when competing with petrol and diesel options. —de Rubens et al.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

Setec Powerr

This is how the UK will be in the biggest transformation of the global economy over the next 200 years if the public and private sectors work together to capture the net-zero opportunity from electric vehicles to clean energy Create a first-mover advantage. in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020. “As BEVs accounted for 15.2%