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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. Heavier vehicles also generate more particulate pollution from tyre wear. They require more materials and energy to build and propel them, adding to emissions and energy use. Its gross vehicle weight rating is a staggering 10,550 pounds.

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Transportation Electrification Accord sets out multi-sector roadmap to electrified future

Green Car Congress

That’s the future and the Accord lays out the essential building blocks for a compelling energy infrastructure that we can all rely on for decades to come. Our signature on the Accord is a promise to meet that demand through greater grid efficiency and reduced air pollution in a way that benefits all communities.

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Nikola inaugurates first HYLA modular hydrogen refueling station in Ontario, CA

Baua Electric

The goal is to build a hydrogen refueling network that can be rolled out quickly, and built up over time as fuel cell trucks become more common. As of now, the refueling station is… basically just an asphalt-and-gravel lot, with a building for 24/7 support on-site, across the street from the Ontario Airport. But that’s some ways off.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Green Car Congress

Fuel properties affect a number of combustion and engine properties, including ignition delay; knocking tendency; flame speeds; pollutant emissions; sooting tendency and particle size distributions; and density, viscosity and heating value. However, real fuels, with their hundreds of components, are too complex to simulate directly.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Honda / 6 / 154. Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). Fiat/ 2/ 138. Renault / 3 / 143.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Parliament Buildings. As such, we propose a building in a potential review of the emissions standards beyond 2025, in 2024. In New Zealand air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of 27 deaths per 100,000 people. Committee Secretariat. Transport and Infrastructure Committee. Wellington. Executive Summary.

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