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T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

Green Car Congress

An in-house study by environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has found that the luxury cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC emitted in 2017 in European seas alone 10 times more SO x than all of Europe’s 260+ million passenger vehicles. Cruise ships also emit NO x equivalent to 15% of Europe’s car fleet every year.

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The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.

Baua Electric

During earlier car trips, I have clambered up deserted Maya temples and palaces, stepped into the cool naves of massive 16th-century churches and visited restored haciendas, testaments of the ostentation — and hardship — of the peninsula’s 19th-century plantation economy. The next van was leaving in 45 minutes. Canceled trip? We don’t mind.”

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TTTech Auto establishes Car.OS unit and expands company structure

Green Car Congress

To bolster the industry transition to the software-based car, we are bringing in senior experts and managers that deeply understand both: agile thinking and complex OEM processes. aims to develop the best-in-class car operating system and will build up an ecosystem with different partners to enable seamless development for customers.

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American and European Standards organizations agree to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on standards for electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

Participants acknowledged that a number of organizations produce globally relevant standards following open, transparent, and consensus-based processes. This body works to develop global technical regulations for the industry. and Europe led in creating within the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29

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