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South Bay Bicycle Coalition Scores $240,000 Grant! Huge Grassroots Victory for Brand New Bike Group

Creative Greenius

But it’s even better news for the health of our South Bay communities – not just for the obesity-fighting exercise that people on bicycles are going to be getting, but just as importantly, for the cleaner air we’re going to get to breathe thanks to people using pollution-free bicycle transportation instead of driving their cars.

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ITF study finds limited environmental and safety impacts of car fleet renewal schemes in US, France and Germany

Green Car Congress

Car fleet renewal schemes introduced in the US, France and Germany to stimulate consumer spending on cars in the wake of the 2008. German Umweltprämie and the US Cars program—for the impact on CO 2 and NO x emissions of 2.8 should ensure that larger and older “dirty” vehicles are traded in for lighter, cleaner.

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This is How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect The Global EV Market

Get Electric Vehicle

It is expected that, with continuing innovations in the car industry, the electric vehicle market has seen steady growth. Many municipal and federal governments, for example, have expanded consumer benefits for EV sales, mostly as part of stimulus efforts aimed at mitigating the pandemic’s economic effect. Conclusion.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. CDM Baby, CDM Ruminations on Vegas and NASCAR California Dreamin' ► February (16) Car Sharing and Saving in a Tough Economy Throwing down the gauntlet to Secretary Clinton Weather Does Not Equal Climate The Hub Lab Seeks Revolutionary New Energy Science.

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The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be

Creative Greenius

They’re the same people who had no problem flushing a trillion dollars down the Iraq weapons of mass destruction stimulus for the evil and wealthy. This growth continues as, for example, more cars are expected to be produced in China in 2009 than in the U.S. China uses more coal than the U.S.,

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

Wallbox

This growth is no small feat considering overall car sales have been falling in the past two years. Furthermore, a BCG report from earlier this year even predicted EV sales to overtake internal combustion engine (ICE) car sales by 2030. Outside of Europe, the US and China have experienced a sharp decrease in overall car sales as well.

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