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WWF-UK study finds UK needs at least 1.7M electric vehicles by 2020 to achieve climate targets; 15% of new car sales

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million electric vehicles—plug-in hybrid and battery-electric—will be needed by 2020 and 6.4 EVs would then represent 6% of all UK cars in 2020 and 18% in 2030, and 15% and 20% of new car sales in 2020 and 2030, respectively. million EVs will be needed by 2020 and 6.4 However, it is clear that at least 1.7

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York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

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Mean relative change of deseasonalized UK values of (a) NO 2 and (b) O 3 for all urban background and traffic sites from 2015 to 2020, with the mean 2015–2019 trend superimposed. Data from 2020 are shown in orange, with the red dashed line denoting the start of the lockdown on 23 March 2020. These results are a cautionary tale.

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Volvo Car Corporation challenges EU’s goals and tactics on cutting CO2 emissions; CEO says electrified vehicles will struggle to pass 1% market share by 2020

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It is far too early to dismiss the conventional diesel and petrol power trains. In the last two years Volvo has brought CO 2 emissions from our diesel and petrol model ranges down by 13 percent. The figure suggests that the car market will continue to be dominated by traditional combustion-engine models for the foreseeable future.

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British Airways invests in LanzaJet; SAF offtake agreement

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The fuel produced at the plant will deliver a reduction of more than 70% in greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil jet fuel, equivalent to taking almost 27,000 petrol or diesel cars off the road each year. LanzaJet was launched in June 2020 and is a spin-off from leading biotech company LanzaTech.

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India to introduce new fuel efficiency standards

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for petrol cars and from 15.5 The draft also provides for further improvement by 2020.Environmental We should aim for European standard of 110 gm/km of CO 2 emission by 2020, as against the draft standard of 128 gm/km said Anumita Roy Chowdhury, associate director with the Centre for Science and Environment. km/litre to 17.3

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Rise of petrol prices boosting sales of electric two-wheelers in India 

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Rise of petrol prices boosting sales of electric two-wheelers in India . If we take an example of Maharashtra from December 2020 to March 2021, registrations for HS E2Ws increased by 94.16% and in the same period, registrations for ICE 2-wheelers declined by 18.4%. The rise in the petrol prices increases from INR 89.16/litre

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Electric vehicle sales surge in UK, petrol engines slump and drop 10%

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Electric vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom have exploded, increasing over 88% in March 2021 compared to the same month in 2020. in March 2021 compared to March 2020, and the market share has sunk from 17.6% The post Electric vehicle sales surge in UK, petrol engines slump and drop 10% appeared first on TESLARATI.

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