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American Honda Motor to pay $1.9M in penalties in California for small engine emissions violations

Green Car Congress

Through extensive tests in its lab CARB discovered that this equipment did not meet the evaporative control emission standards that Honda had originally agreed to during the certification process. To resolve the violations, Honda agreed to pay a total settlement of $1,927,800, with $963,900 going to the California Air Pollution Control Fund.

Honda 305
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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

EV Connect

According to the American Public Transit Association, Americans took nearly 10 billion trips via public transportation in 2019. According to the World Bank, urban transportation is responsible for 12% to 70% of air pollution , and an estimated 7 million people die from urban air pollution each year.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. This is a step that, so far, Tesla has not taken for its own Megacharger standard. The latest Mack LR Electric uses a standard 376 kWh battery, with twin electric motors producing 330 kW (448 hp) and identical peak torque to the VNR Electric.

Volvo 131
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From Recreation to Everyday Transport: The Growing Appeal of E-Bikes

Plug in America

Another plus: no tailpipe pollution. While traditional gas motorcycles use less gasoline and thus have lower emissions than passenger cars, motorcycle exhaust is higher in smog-forming pollutants and poisonous carbon monoxide, meaning that electric motorcycles (and EVs in general) are a great option to significantly improve air quality.

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Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?

Baua Electric

There are eight “neighborhoods” packed with amenities that include a 55-foot waterfall, six water slides and more than 40 restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. will triple between 2019 and 2030, as will methane emissions. 27 — is the size of a small city. research that predicts demand for L.N.G. Royal Caribbean says that L.N.G.

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