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Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

EV Central

Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. Hyundai calls for more EV support under Labor’s new CO2 reduction scheme READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel!

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Emissions Analytics: mass adoption of hybrids, rather than low-volume BEVs most effective for cutting CO2 now, meeting 2030 targets; best use of limited resource

Green Car Congress

The EU’s post-2021 CO2 reduction target for passenger cars is 37.5% The ideal solution is an immediate transition to petrol and diesel hybrids, with a further decade spent refining the technology, infrastructure and battery supply chain to allow the adoption of BEVs. Beyond the 37.5%

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

Green Car Congress

Methanol is a petrol and not suitable as a diesel fuel component, but can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether (DME) with a high cetane number. DME is safe, burns cleaner than conventional diesel, and most importantly is versatile. The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.).

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Ford introduce the EcoBoost petrol engine

Green Cars News

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine. litre and 2.0

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Electric company car tax explained

Drive Electric

The amount of company car tax due is also based on what type of fuel the vehicle uses and its CO2 emissions. The following year this rises to just 2%, keeping the level far below petrol and diesel vehicles, as well as plug-in hybrids. As you can see, EVs offer enormous savings on company car tax compared to petrol and diesel models.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

The electric pedicabs would actually make the urban transport better and cleaner. All of them runs on diesel engines making even more pollution than the ordinary petrol engines. The current big halos about global warming and CO2 emission reductions by the most developed countries should be taken seriously not just in pure words.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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Here are some of the key advantages of electric vehicles: Environmental Benefits: EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, meaning they do not release pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and other harmful gases into the atmosphere. A petrol car has an efficiency of 28%.