Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2020

And could pollution from tires—and brake pads—be greater than the pollution from tailpipes for some new vehicles? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Citroën goes very small and very affordable with a solution for dense urban areas like Paris.

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Pollution Green Cars Affordable Cars 91

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A study suggests that brake and tire pollution may exceed that from tailpipes. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Vinfast says that it’s delivering its first U.S.-market market EVs to customers tomorrow. And the Rivian R1T is making owners very happy. New results out this morning from survey giant J.D.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

Only hybrids performed very well on both the green rating and the smog index. China’s Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) recently released its 2014 Green Car China Annual Report , an evaluation of mainstream vehicles on sale in China by their lifecycle impacts and their health impacts. Green rating.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. Alternative fuels include biofuels, natural gas, hydrogen and electricity from the grid.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 9, 2021

And why did some of this year’s EVs and PHEVs not make the Best Car To Buy shortlist? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM has started establishing a franchise dealer network for its electric vans. Synthetic gasoline might not be cheaper or cleaner.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Many countries have adopted green-car incentives as a way to combat air pollution and lower oil consumption, and they tend to focus on electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Current emissions regulations are focused on what comes out of vehicle tailpipes, but a new study claims more than half of road-vehicle particulate emissions—fine particles that can pollute surrounding air and water—comes from other sources.

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Congress London Pollution Green Cars 173

Green Car Reports

APRIL 9, 2019

London's new pollution charge on older vehicles makes it really expensive to drive older cars into the city. And our latest Twitter poll asks what GM should do with the Volt name now that it no longer produces the car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We had a first chance to drive the new 2020 Kia Soul EV.

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Pollution Kia 2020 International 68

Green Car Reports

MAY 1, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: We run down plug-in electric car sales for April, the latest on Tesla''s Gigafactory site choice, and the 10 most-polluted cities in the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. What are the 10 most polluted.' Or will it choose two sites?

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2014

There is no such thing as a truly green car. All cars require raw materials and energy to produce, use energy during their time as transport, and require energy to recycle--the components that can be recycled, at least.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2016

Today, we look at the amount of pollution attributable to electric cars, Elon Musk says Tesla will develop a van-like "SpaceBus," and the EPA approves 2017 BMW diesel luxury cars for sale in the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. In addition to new vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2021

And how do trees add to air pollution? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid is on track to arrive this year. The Jaguar I-Pace launches in India. Earlier versions of the Porsche Taycan get a big software update.

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Escape India Porsche PHEV 101

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2012

Why do you drive your green car? Is it to do your bit for reducing pollution, greenhouse gases and dependency on oil, or is it simply to reduce your gas bills as prices creep upward?

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Green Cars Green Ford Pollution 108

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Today, a report estimates how much the added pollution from Volkswagen's "cheater" diesels has affected air quality, another speculates on possible Toyota Mirai variants, and Mazda teases a concept car that could hint at a new range extenders for plug-in cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Mazda Pollution Toyota Diesel 60

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2020

Ride-hailing isn't so green in California. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Data focusing on California underscores that ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are adding to pollution, not reducing it. Iowa is likely seeing more Teslas on TV. And Karma thinks more about trucks.

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Iowa Karma Pollution Green Cars 91

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

And are Uber and Lyft adding to pollution issues in big cities? This and more, today at Green Car Reports. BMW and VW talk about how they’re focused on the details even though they’re not making battery cells. The first vehicle Ford is due to.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2015

Today, read about the electric-car charging network operator charged with fraud in Chicago, more in our series covering a Tesla Model S road trip, and a Chinese documentary on air pollution that''s gone viral. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2020

And the EPA decides to hold the line on particulate pollution. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Byton reports that it’s still aiming for a U.S. arrival in 2021. Joplin jumps in to woo Tesla.

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EPA Tesla Pollution Green Cars 82

Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2013

We cover China''s air pollution problems with depressing frequency on Green Car Reports, but the country''s pollution problems have until now been far more than token schemes are able to deal with. That could change over the next few years, as the Chinese government pledges to invest $283 billion to tackle air pollution.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Over the past few years, both national and state Chinese governments have heavily subsidized electric cars in an aggressive attempt to promote mass adoption. Electric cars are seen as an important way to combat the country's notorious air pollution, and develop the domestic auto industry.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2020

And yes, the pandemic is reducing transportation air pollution. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Magna shows what it can do with EVs with a prototype I-Pace, and we drove it. Mercedes-Benz has an electric van on the way. Will this.

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Mercedes Pollution Green Cars Cars 67

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Going driverless might not mean cutting pollution or congestion. And We run through the most important electric cars of 2020. This and more here at Green Car Reports. A study has found that driverless cars could. Several big companies are electrifying their heavy trucks in California.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2019

The EPA plans to stop counting potential lives saved from new pollution rules. All this and more on Green Car Reports. GM reveals a platform that's connected to the future. Stanford scientists devise a way to use seawater to make hydrogen. And our latest Twitter poll asks what types of incentives work best to sell EVs.

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EPA GM Hydrogen Pollution 74

Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: An industry analyst ignores an important electric-car player, we drive the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel full-size pickup truck, and patent drawings hint at future Porsche plug-in car plans. All this and more on Green Car Reports. How do you cut city traffic and pollution?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2017

Today, an electric car smashes a lap record, Toyota's CEO worries about passion, the EPA gets feedback on eliminating pollution regulations, and Tesla turns down Uber. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Honda might have issue with the term “smog-spewing,” as it noted to Green Car Reports that when it began its sponsorship of Autopia in 2016 it replaced existing engines at the attraction with more efficient Honda iGX270 engines.

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2014

Toyota has issued a cautionary warning that driverless car could actually add to urban sprawl and pollution. According to The Japan Times, Toyota’s Ken Laberteaux, a senior principal scientist for the carmaker’s North America team, said in an interview on Wednesday that automated car technology wo[.]. Toyota Editor Pick'

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Pollution Toyota North America Cars 62

Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2017

Today, we have a total of what the diesel scandal has cost VW, more details on Chevy Bolt EV fast-charging rates, an update on London's stiff charges for older, more polluting cars, and a moral question to ponder. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: The number of American households without cars is on the rise, the Tata Nano CNG emax is officially India''s most efficient and least-polluting car, and New York''s "Taxi of Tomorrow" gets held up in court. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Read our first drive.'

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Taxi New York Cars Green Cars 87

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Today, how one reader got an exceedingly inexpensive new Nissan Leaf electric car, drag racing a "Ludicrous" mode-equipped Tesla Model S, and how Rhode Island uses money from polluters to fund its electric-car incentives. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

Up to 80% of brake-dust particles have an electric charge, which could serve as a means of controlling brake dust and improving air quality, according to a new study from the University of California, Irvine (via Green Car Congress ). A similar argument has been made about particulate emissions from tires.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 17, 2014

Half of all the cars in Paris are banned from the city’s streets today, after French ministers decided to take drastic action against the city’s air pollution problem. Green credentials Editor Pick' From today only motorists with odd-number registration plates will be allowed to drive through the city.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 18, 2014

Paris has lifted its ban on half the city’s cars after just one day, as a change in weather conditions helped to reduce the French capital’s air pollution problem. Yesterday we reported on how ministers in France had decided to impose an alternating ban on odd-number and then even-number registrat[.]. Latest News'

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Franceis taking a revised approach to its green car incentives from January. It will raise the purchase tax incentives for lower carbon cars and increase the penalties for high pollution vehicles.

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Pollution France Vehicles CO2 42

Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Scientists have developed a new filter which may reduce in-car pollution by as much as 93 per cent when the car’s vents are open, to effectively improve the health and welfare of car occupants. While vents inside cars can be closed, by switching the car’s ventilation system to ‘recirculation mode’[.].

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Green Vehicles. Electric Cars. Hybrid Cars.

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