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Polestar reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by 6% per car in 2021

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Polestar has released its second Annual Review and Sustainability report , highlighting progress towards its ambitious climate goals. Polestar is targeting a truly climate-neutral car by 2030; to halve carbon emissions per sold car between 2020 and 2030; and to reach climate neutrality across its value chain by 2040.

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New report released by UK House of Commons calls for advancing date for end of sale of conventional cars to before 2040

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Broadly, the report says that the Government needs to: Place the protection of public health and the environment, rather than technical compliance or political convenience, at the center of air quality policy. It has violated its obligations”.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. KPMG International is hosting the event, in cooperation with the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Sector analysis: Automobiles.

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DLR and Wuppertal publish comprehensive global analysis of e-mobility technologies, outlook and lifecycle assessments

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At the moment, the automobile industry in Japan and the United States is pioneering the development of marketable vehicle models; they also produce the highest-selling models on the market. Click to enlarge.

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German OEMs to upgrade emissions control on 5.3M Euro 5 and 6 diesels, contribute to €500M Sustainable Mobility fund

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In addition, a broad understanding and a clear strategy of the future are to be developed in order to actively shape the mobility of the future and the transformation process of the entire automobile industry towards emission-free and digitally networked mobility.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. We will create energy without spewing carbon dioxide into the environment if this power is supplied from renewable sources. FCEVs has the potential to eliminate this drawback and make EVs the whole package!!! What exactly is an FCEV?

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EV special III / Opinion / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

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They range from Amsterdam and Zaanstad, aiming to become climate neutral cities, to small rental company StudentCar. TNT currently uses one EV truck in Eindhoven and one EV van in Rotterdam, linked to the Rotterdam Climate initiative. I Discussion about a new green deal urges political leaders to think about our future industries.

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