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Could Future Mazda Engines Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars?

Green Car Reports

Is it possible to make a gasoline engine so efficient that it would emit less carbon dioxide per mile than is created by generating electricity to run an electric car over that same mile? In an interview published last week with the British magazine Autocar, Mazda claimed that its next generation of SkyActiv.'

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The Age of the Car is Gone, that of the SUV has succeeded

Cars That Think

The production-weighted annual carbon footprint of all domestic and imported SUVs has improved by an impressive 33 percent since its worst year, in 1995, but in 2019 the average U.S. car SUV still emitted annually about 15 percent more CO2 than a car. Science magazine, back in 1974. In the wider world, the.

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How e-fuel may just lengthen the pace of ICE cars within the electrical life

Baua Electric

“The tech is there, and you could mix regular fuels with e-fuels to reduce CO2, but our view is there would be no chance in the foreseeable future to reach net zero within an acceptable time scale.” ” Porsche, at the alternative hand, invested $75 million in an organization that produces e-fuels in Chile.

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. I’ve done that math too.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

23 ] Bringing up the throttle on cellulosic ethanol - Ethanol Producer Magazine 16 March 2016. [ 26 ] Where does bioenergy fit into a low-carbon future? - | Greentech Media 12 May 2015. [ 20 ] EDI-Drive PHEV Powertrain - Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. [ 21 ] Cleaner Cars from Cradle to Grave - Union of Concerned Scientists, Nov 2015. [

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Free show to spark EV fleet sales boost?

Green Cars News

A free event is expected to encourage uptake of electric and low carbon vehicles within the fleet sector. With interest in hybrid and electric technology gathering pace amongst fleets, the EV and Low CO2 Fleet Show will aim to demonstrate the benefits of EVs and vehicles with diminished tailpipe output.

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Volvo S40 takes Green Car of the Year title

Green Cars News

According to the magazine’s editor Steve Fowler, the S40 is a “great example of a car maker cleverly refining existing technologies to make a seriously green car&#. Green Awards, which are held in association with Michelin and Warranty Direct.