Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution—six or more times higher than international guidelines set by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO)— according to a new UNICEF report. Cleaner cookstoves can help improve air quality within homes.

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Pollution Nigeria Asia Africa 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

China’s particulate matter (PM) air pollution significantly exceeds health guidelines and is driven by industrial emissions, motor vehicles, and household use of biomass and coal fuels. The team’s findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS). —Jill Baumgartner.

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Carbon Emissions Motor Motors 275

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

The new UK strategy, now out for consultation, is a key part of a 25-Year Plan; stated goals for the strategy include: By 2025, to halve the number of people living in locations where concentrations of particulate matter are above the WHO guideline limit of 10 ug/m 3. Cleaner fuels and stoves produce less smoke, less soot and more heat.

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Clean Cleaning Diesel Gasoline 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Many of the world’s megacities exceed WHO’s guideline levels for air quality by more than 5 times, representing a major risk to people’s health. Mexico City has committed to cleaner vehicle standards, including a move to soot-free buses and a ban on private diesel cars by 2025. g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m g/m 3 (for PM 2.5 ).

Pollution 150

Pollution Africa Asia Europe 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Just as PEV batteries are expensive, the utility infrastructure has finite capacity to meet ever-growing electricity needs, and the majority of this system is powered by coal and natural gas generators. Guidelines should be defined for minimum required system durations in these roles.

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Grid Batteries Battery Energy Storage 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. In the past the auto industry has responded to incentives and guidelines set by government agencies and reengineered their product to meet this requirement.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150