Remove Carbon Remove Electrical Remove Emissions
article thumbnail

Electric Cars Are 73% Cleaner, ICCT Study Shows

CleanTechnica EVs

The latest ICCT study reveals that total life cycle carbon emissions from electric cars are about a quarter of those from conventional cars. The post Electric Cars Are 73% Cleaner, ICCT Study Shows appeared first on CleanTechnica.

article thumbnail

Time For Canada To Dump The Big Three & Go Electric With China

CleanTechnica EVs

Ford, GM, and Stellantis have banded together to ask his government to scrap Canada’s zero-emission vehicle mandate, pleading poverty and technological impossibility.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

Cars That Think

Planned for 2028, this trip would be the first nonstop zero-emission circumnavigation in human history. Piccard: With Breitling Orbiter, I flew nonstop around the world, but with carbon emissions. With Solar Impulse, there were no emissions, but there were 16 stopovers. Its not only a question of carbon emission.

article thumbnail

First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

Cars That Think

Researchers this month will begin testing a high-voltage circuit breaker that can quench an arc and clear a fault with supercritical carbon dioxide fluid. Such equipment is scattered widely throughout power grids as a way to stop the flow of electrical current in an emergency. About 1 percent of SF 6 leaks from electrical equipment.

CO2
article thumbnail

How Significant Will The European Emissions Rollback Actually Be?

The Truth About Cars

Europe is relaxing CO2 emission targets after receiving feedback from automakers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued an announcement earlier this month that manufacturers would receive a two-year extension for meeting the planned tighter CO2 emissions rules for 2025. Everything else will remain the same.

article thumbnail

Polestar sells NVES credits to other OEMs in Australia

Teslarati

As of January 1, 2025, Australia’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards were in effect and Polestar is the first car manufacturer to sell credits to other automakers seeking to comply with the new rules. Polestar only sells electric vehicles (EVs) similar to Tesla.

article thumbnail

Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

The Latest Developments in Low and Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles The largest coming together of the clean energy industry for commercial vehicles, ACT Expo 2025 (for A dvanced C lean T ransportation) was held this past week in Anaheim, California. But the change in administration in Washington, D.C.,