Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2021
New research by economic and public policy consulting group M.Cubed finds a proliferation of backup generators across California, with nearly 90% being diesel-fueled, posing significant obstacles to achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets and driving nearly $136 million in annual health costs. Of these, 20,907 are diesel-fueled.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 million users in France in 2017.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2020
Vitesco Technologies, formerly (until September 2019) the Continental Powertrain Division, has won a major contract from an European vehicle manufacturer for the supply of innovative electric heating elements for diesel catalytic converters. Start of production for the multi-million contract is scheduled for 2022.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Less traffic on the roads during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK led to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused potentially damaging surface ozone levels to rise, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of York. The 25–75% range is shown by the shaded area. These results are a cautionary tale.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
An analysis of the early impacts of London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) found that in the first four months of its operation (March – July 2019) there was a reduction of 12,524 older, more polluting, non-compliant vehicles detected in the zone—a reduction of more than one-third. Euro VI for trucks, buses and coaches.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2019
Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more likely to be admitted to a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), suggests an analysis by researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Short-term exposure to most types of air pollutants may increase the risk for NICU admission.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 25, 2019
Among pollutants that are less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5 ), airborne sulfate is one of the most common components of hazy air pollution formed atmospherically via the oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ). 2019) “Efficient control of atmospheric sulfate production based on three formation regimes.”
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