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Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

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A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. Automobile tire rubber in general consists of approximately 40?

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EPA settles with Tesla over Clean Air Act violations at Fremont plant; $275K penalty

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EPA found Clean Air Act violations at Tesla’s automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif. This settlement aligns with EPA’s National Compliance Initiative (NCI), Creating Cleaner Air for Communities by Reducing Excess Emissions of Harmful Pollutants. Under the settlement, Tesla agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty.

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Odisha guy turns electrical auto into solar-powered automobile

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There were cases of public changing petrol or diesel automobiles into electrical. However almost certainly for the primary date somebody has transformed an electrical automobile right into a solar-powered one. Even, this auto rickshaw is pollution free and keeps our environment green and clean.”

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OSU researchers find small particles from tires inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries

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The researchers cite studies that show during the lifetime of an automobile tire. about 30% of its tread erodes and enters the environment. million metric tons of tire wear particles flow into the environment each year in the United States. They also cite a recent study that estimated more than 1.5 Credit: John Dickens.

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HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

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Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles. 10 ) of urban air, a fraction known to be enriched with non-tailpipe constituents.

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Moscow aiming for all-electric bus fleet by 2032

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The replacement of a diesel bus with an e-bus leads to an average reduction of the CO 2 emissions in the environment of 60.7 The e-transport does not use fuel while running and does not emit the polluting substances and harmful emissions during operation. —Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport. tons a year.

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Chinese Government think tank calls for refocusing auto industry on environment-friendly and energy-saving targets

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Liu Shijin, deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, one of China’s top government think tanks, told a forum that the government should shift its guidance to automakers from mere pursuit of output capacity to environment-friendly and energy-saving targets.