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EV Charging at Work Helps Employees Get Back to the Office

EV Connect

Moreover, EVs are also the perfect practical commuter car for urban environments, as they turn your gas-guzzling everyday commute into a cleaner, cheaper joyride.

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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

The Truth About Cars

Digital controls may look a little cleaner, but sometimes simple is better – and digital controls tend not to be as simple as physical controls. Drive the car gently and the EcoBoost is quiet. Please, automakers, leave us some basic buttons/knobs for volume, tuning, fan speed, and temp.

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What EPA vehicle standards are and what they mean for you

Plug in America

The target amount of average tailpipe emissions gets a bit lower each year, resulting in progressively cleaner cars. For light-duty vehicles such as cars, pickups, and SUVs, the 2032 goal is that the fleet average is 85 grams/mile of CO 2. Over the next several years, these standards will continue to trend toward cleaner cars.

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Green Car Congress

pollution—Dar-es-Salaam, Blantyre and Dhaka—also experienced higher death rates per 100,000 commuting car population per year. in-car exposure against its GDP per capita. The researchers found that the cities where drivers were exposed to the highest levels of PM 2.5 The low PM 2.5

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

early technology adopters and relatively affluent urban consumers interested in a “green” commuter car). However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g., Market Drivers. Long-Term R&D Commitments.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. Glad to see the variety & availability of electic commuter cars (vs hybrids & PHEV) is rising.