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Driving Towards a Sustainable Future: The Rise of Electric Autos in India

Baua Electric

With the global push towards sustainability, the rise of electric autos in India comes as no surprise. As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution.

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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

Green Car Congress

Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. Such reasons include advantages to the electrical grid such as load balancing and energy storage, increased jobs and economic development, reduced stormwater pollution and consumer savings. The paper by Matthew N.

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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. Sam’s Auto: A $9,967 rebate to purchase and install two Level 2 EV chargers. Lackawanna and Fulton Counties. Lancaster County. Lehigh County.

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Toyota goes large on hydrogen with new US headquarters

Baua Electric

It just doesn’t seem like a good use of their time, money, and resources. To fill up a hydrogen light-duty car, you go to hydrogen stations, which, so far, get 95% of their hydrogen from polluting methane. If fuel cell vehicles were fueled by green hydrogen , they would be cleaner. But hydrogen light-duty vehicles, nope.

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

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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. California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. This decision takes the U.S.

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Volkswagen and Hamburg enter 3-year strategic mobility partnership; e-bus development with MAN

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Urban mobility concepts and intermodality, traffic control and management, autonomous driving and parking, innovative vehicle concepts and alternative technologies as well as air pollution control are the cornerstones of the partnership. At the same time, it is our aim to make traffic in our city cleaner, quieter and safer.

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Volkswagen Group opts for LNG-fueled car carriers

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Alternative LNG drive systems for ships reduce air pollutant emissions significantly—CO 2 by up to 25% and NO x by up to 30%, particulate matter by up to 60% and SO x by as much as 100%. She is capable of running on LNG fuel or heavy fuel oil and marine gas oil, combining cleaner operations with greater flexibility and efficiency.

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