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Italy’s hard-right government may buy a stake in Stellantis

Baua Electric

Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe, with some of the lowest EV adoption rates in Europe. Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso has said that Italy might follow the French model by taking a majority stake in Stellantis.

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

Green Car Congress

Negative reaction to the widely expected announcement was voluminous and vociferous: Ceres: “Rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and emissions standards will undermine the global competitiveness of the US auto industry. NRDC: “Backing off now is irresponsible and unwarranted.”. This decision takes the U.S.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

Green Car Congress

The pros of going gasless include reduced maintenance costs, lower fuel expense and—most importantly—less pollution. A marriage of these two powerhouse technologies would completely change the auto industry, the environment and our lives. Fewer Traffic Jams, Less Pollution. Fewer Traffic Jams, Less Pollution.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

Green Car Congress

The composition of the biodiesel itself uses the average shares of rapeseed oil (48%), palm oil (27%), waste oils (15%), soya oil (5%), tallow & grease (4%), etc. This is because the auto industry could not be fully responsible for their targets otherwise. Until then fuels and vehicles should be regulated separately.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Cars That Think

EVs will/will not create more pollution than they eliminate. Shifting the auto industry, an apex industry supporting a host of others to meet a new knowledge economy around EVs will be no easy task.” Tesla’s recent price cuts , for instance, have thrown the auto industry into turmoil. Join the crowd.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars. What a waste. The climate clock is ticking and we have to start hitting polluters where it counts–in the money. ICE vehicles will attract carbon taxes in many countries due to the air pollution they cause.

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