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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ). Gasoline vehicles were tested as they represent the majority of new passenger cars sold today. —Emissions Analytics.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. EV MYTH ONE: EVs catch fire more than petrol cars. So is an EV less flammable than a petrol car?

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ICCT study concludes no technical barriers to use of higher blends of ethanol

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The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. car warranties, cost, food-vs-fuels arguments). Two scenarios of US ethanol consumption and projections of original, revised, and repealed RFS2 requirements from the present to 2022.

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Continental urea sensors for efficient SCR NOx aftertreatment in diesels; measuring level, quality and temperature

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Continental has begun production of urea sensors for the first time to support more efficient exhaust-gas aftertreatment in diesel engines. The sensor-aided denitrification supports fulfillment of the legal requirements and reinforces drivers’ trust that their car emits no more than the maximum permissible level of nitrogen oxides.

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Indian car and 2W OEMs recall 284,906 vehicles in 2023, 5.35 million since 2012 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Car and SUV sales scaled a new high at 4.10 A vehicle recall is when a manufacturer or a legal entity determines that a particular model needs to have a repair in order to comply with all the safety standards. This might cause water entry and corrosion.” million units and two-wheeler sales crossed the 17-million-units mark.

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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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To work with international partners to research and develop new standards for tires and brakes to address toxic non-exhaust emissions of micro plastics from vehicles which can pollute air and water. Ending the sale of new conventional diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2040.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. of water.