Auto Industry Europe Petrol Pollution 
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2020
Those living in polluted cities are more at risk from COVID-19, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) warned today. Air pollution can cause hypertension, diabetes and respiratory diseases, conditions that doctors are starting to link to higher mortality rates for COVID-19. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is an EPHA member.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The latest generation of diesel vehicles is a very effective lever to achieve climate goals in the near future, because they emit 15-20% less CO 2 than equivalent petrol vehicles. Our industry is committed to being part of the solution when it comes to decarbonizing road transport, while at the same time reducing pollutant emissions.
Plug In India
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Many of you want to convert your existing petrol/diesel cars into electric cars. Your electric car will also be more reliable and require much less maintenance than a pollution car. In many countries in Europe, conversions are outright banned. And the interest in electric car conversions was immense. Sounds utopian, right?
Plug In India
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Video: Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Electric Car FUD The first thing I want to talk about is the constant FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- regarding electric vehicles propagated by ICE car CEOs, the media, ICE-car-centric magazines and websites, and petrol heads. Imagine you have a petrol car.
EV Adoption
MARCH 15, 2021
– March 12, via Automotive News Europe. The link to the reveal was posted only on its European site, which may indicate that its first production EV outside China will be available only in Europe. Mini will only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030, the people said. – March 10, via Forbes. – March 10, Politico.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production.
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