Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

Japanese automaker Honda outlined key strategies it is undergoing to increase the use of hydrogen fuel cell technology as the company looks to expand its hydrogen business and achieve its global goal of zero environmental impact, including carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. The company will also strive for greater energy and material efficiencies to support longer-term carbon neutrality ambitions. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2020

To tackle these issues, a team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang and Xiaolin Li has developed a nanostructure that limits silicon’s expansion while fortifying it with carbon. The composite electrodes of carbon-nanotube@silicon@carbon-graphite with a practical loading (3?mAh?cm

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The LCA reveals that Polestar 4 has the lowest carbon footprint of all Polestar cars to date – as low as 19.4 Polestar 4 is produced in Geely Holdings’ SEA factory in Hangzhou Bay, China, which combines green […] The post New Polestar 4 has lowest carbon impact of all Polestar vehicles appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Estonian startup UP Catalyst, a company developing a method to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO 2 , has closed a successful pre-seed round of €500,000, in addition to €1.59 Most of the carbon materials on the market are produced by employing expensive and environmentally harmful methods.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

Solid-state batteries could reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries by up to 39%, according to a study commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) from Minviro , a company specializing in raw material life-cycle analysis, which compared emerging solid-state technology to current battery chemistries.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 30, 2023

today released its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report – a cradle-to-grave analysis that details the carbon footprint of the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV. Fisker Inc.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 20, 2022

Solid state batteries could reduce the carbon footprint of electric cars by 39%, according to a new report commissioned by environmental advocacy group Transport & Environment (T&E).

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

First launched in 2021, it was the third most sold electric car to retail customers in 2022 and 2023. Spring’s energy efficiency and carbon footprint were […] The post All-New Dacia Spring Revealed As The Most Affordable Electric Car In Europe appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

Stora Enso’s pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials from lignin has started operations. Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. Applications include electric vehicles and consumer electronics as well as large-scale energy storage systems.

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InsideEVs

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

EVs begin their life cycle with a larger carbon footprint than gas cars, but it doesn't last long, and improvements are ongoing.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

Terrafame operates one of the world’s largest battery chemicals plants for EV batteries in Finland; the plant is capable of producing nickel sulfate for around 1 million electric cars per year.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Polestar strengthens its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint through two strategic partnerships in the UK, with Ohme as home charging partner and green energy provider, Octopus Energy.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2022

Electric cars are only as clean as the grid they plug into, and the emissions from using your EV will keep dropping over the years you use it because the grid keeps getting cleaner.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year.

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The Driven EV News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

New report calls out legacy carmakers for covering up carbon emissions from making cars. The post “Ticking carbon bomb:” Legacy carmakers massively understate carbon emissions appeared first on The Driven.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 16, 2024

The Volvo EX30 possesses the smallest carbon footprint of any fully electric Volvo car to date1. That’s according to the life cycle assessment (LCA) of the Volvo EX30, available here, which concludes that it has a total carbon footprint of 23 tonnes per 200,000 km — approximately 60 per cent less than the.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With options ranging from exterior colors, interior materials, suspension setups and special features, each car is transformed into a high-performance, […] The post Unplugged Performance Reveals ‘Dark Knight’, a Carbon-Widebody Tesla Model S Plaid appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 19, 2023

Renault Group and Verkor, the European pioneer in low-carbon batteries, have entered a long-term commercial partnership for the supply of batteries for electric vehicles. Verkor will supply Renault Group with the equivalent of 12 GWh of batteries each year.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Lifetime carbon emissions of electric cars are much lower than previously suggested, according to a new study from the Eindhoven University of Technology. First reported by Der Spiegel, the study also takes aim at previous studies claiming electric cars have higher overall emissions than internal-combustion vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Tesla electric cars don't produce "tailpipe" emissions, but a new investment by the automaker could negatively affect its overall carbon footprint. billion of the cryptocurrency bitcoin, and would soon accept bitcoin as payment for its cars. But bitcoin is estimated to produce more carbon.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

for the supply of low-carbon, sustainable high-grade nickel sulfate. The company says that its nickel sulfate production capacity can fill the needs of around one million electric cars per year. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, Technical University of Berlin, found that the carbon footprint of Terrafame’s nickel sulfate is 1.75

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Renault and Nissan have announced a new long-term vision for India, increasing production and R&D activities, introducing electric vehicles, and transitioning to carbon-neutral manufacturing.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotland’s only volume production car company, will gave its first vehicle, the Munro MK_1, its public debut at the Low Carbon Agriculture 2023 show at NAEC Stoneleigh.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 26, 2024

Polestar 3 Cuts Its Carbon Footprint To 24.7 tCO2e By Reducing Aluminium & Battery Related Emissions Polestar creates exclusive electric performance cars that harness minimalistic design, technological innovations, and sustainable solutions to make the desirable choice and the right choice one and the same.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When electric cars first arrived in 2011, it was a reasonable question: Aren't you just shifting emissions from the tailpipe to the smokestack? It's not.

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The Driven EV News

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Toyota's reported carbon emissions soar after being forced to account for the use of the fossil fuel cars it makes. The post Toyota carbon emissions soar, now more than Australia, as it seeks to slow EV uptake appeared first on The Driven.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Sales of electric cars are rising in the UK, which has led to a drop in carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotland’s only volume production car company, will gave its first vehicle, the Munro MK_1, its public debut at the Low Carbon Agriculture 2023 show at NAEC Stoneleigh.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Electric cars help lower carbon emissions, but many of those who need them most can't afford them. Now there is an answer to that dilemma.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 21, 2022

Volvo has pledged to manufacture only electric cars by 2030. In November of last year, it released a 50-page report that delves in exquisite detail into the total carbon footprint of its cars, the purpose being to allow an honest and transparent analysis of the progress it is making toward its corporate goal of reducing […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 17, 2023

While over 10% of Chinese car sales are now electric, the entire life cycle of EVs still generates carbon emissions. Chinese EVs achieve greater emissions reductions over time due to improved efficiency and a greener power grid, states a study.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Driving on electricity produces less carbon than driving on gas. Yet in most places, no one gets credit for lowering those carbon emissions. In an effort to reduce the cost of installing electric-car charging stations, a new agreement by the Electric Vehicle Charging Carbon Coalition (EVCCC), calculates carbon credits to.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Now the next step follows: The three desert prototypes with electric drive and energy converter will be at the start of the next edition of the Dakar Rally from December 31, 2022 […] The post Audi RS Q e-tron saves more than 60 percent carbon dioxide at the 2023 Dakar Rally appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

From a lifecycle view, this additional carbon burden is offset compared to the combustion engine vehicle during the use phase, as EVs rack up zero-emission miles that eventually pull the EV ahead of the ICE. However, the Volkswagen brand is setting up production of its coming electric ID.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

UK charity, Zero Carbon World, has set a new world record for not only the fastest journey between John O'Groats and Land's End, but in doing so also the least amount of time spent charging.

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