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Study finds automatic monitors significantly improve the quality of pollution data reported in China

Green Car Congress

A new study finds that automated pollution monitors in China led to more accurate readings and that citizens used this information to protect themselves better against the harms of air pollution. The central government knew it needed to improve air quality, but that it would be impossible without knowing true pollution levels.

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

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Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. With the current sales figures and the seductive future expectations, Southeast Asia has successfully attracted the attention of Chinese car companies.

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Tesla & other companies form EMA to promote electric mobility in Mexico

Teslarati

Tesla and a few other companies recently announced the launch of the Electro Mobility Association (EMA) to promote the production and purchase of electric vehicles in Mexico. Along with representatives from Tesla, Chinese automaker BYD, Europe’s Volvo, JAC, SEV, and Vemo formed the EMA.

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CMU, Ford, Drexel study suggests Chinese more receptive to adopting BEVs than Americans, regardless of subsidies

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Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. The study is published in the journal Transportation Research Part A.

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J.D. Power survey finds China consumers increasingly enthusiastic about new-energy vehicles; ongoing importance of subsidies; battery worries

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Power survey on Chinese consumers’ purchase intentions regarding new-energy vehicles. Power in January to understand Chinese customers’ perception and desire for new-energy vehicles, has a total of 2,212 respondents across the country. Click to enlarge. The online survey, which was designed and conducted by J.D.

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Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. the Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles Program) and issued numerous economic policies favoring the purchase of EVs. The original reason for developing EVs and CNGVs is to substitute oil, not to reduce emissions of GHGs or any pollutant.

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Volkswagen is buying credits from Tesla to meet China’s environmental standards: report

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As indicated in recent reports, a Volkswagen joint venture in China has reportedly agreed to purchase green car credits from Tesla in an effort to meet the country’s environmental standards. . The information was related to Reuters by three individuals reportedly familiar with the matter. Last year, FAW-VW sold 2.16

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