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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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EPA proposes ban on all consumer, most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride

Green Car Congress

Methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane and DCM, is a volatile chemical used in a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer applications such as adhesives, sealants, degreasers, cleaners, and automobile products. Still, use of methylene chloride has remained widespread, even after EPA banned one consumer use in 2019.

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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

Electric Auto Association

They need to know they won’t have to do a smog check or an oil change, or replace a timing belt.” “And And a lot of moms out there want to do their part around global climate change,” she continued. They need to understand they’ll be driving a cleaner vehicle, and that it’s possible to charge up with clean energy, too.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Green Car Congress

MTCO 2 e per person in 2017—the third-lowest among the 50 states, behind New York and Maryland. This is the result of policies promoting cleaner vehicle fuels and advanced clean vehicle standards. This is plausibly due to bus fleets becoming cleaner or electrified. In 2019, the average deal in California was $18.5

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Given New Zealand’s reliance on personal light vehicles, accelerating the uptake of e-mobility is an essential part of reducing emissions from transport. Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. Executive Summary. International evidence .

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

Charged EVs

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. So, they understand the design of cars, but they do have discussions, technical person to technical person, with the car companies.

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