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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

The electric F-150 weighs 700 kg more than its petrol-powered predecessor. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. Electric vehicles powered from a clean grid are an essential step in the right direction. A focus on driving lighter, safer, cleaner and less can ensure a better future for everyone.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

Get Electric Vehicle

Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma. Engines that run on petrol or diesel are one of the main sources of PM2.5 It is the need of the hour because to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we have just ten years in our hands.

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Hybrids vs EVs: where should government put its money

Baua Electric

While both EVs and hybrids are doing well in the Indian automobile market, there is a debate among automakers about which technology is cleaner. The company claims that the tax gap between petrol vehicles (48 per cent) and hybrid vehicles (43 per cent) is insufficient given the latter’s environmental benefits.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

That’s why the UK Government has banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. The UK also hopes to connect more and more EVs to the electricity grid to share power at peak times, in something called vehicle to grid charging (V2G).

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. A typical petrol-powered ICE car emits about 4.6 So an ICE car running on petrol over a period of 8 years, a petrol car will emit 40.56

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Share of ICE vehicles to fall to 28% by 2031 and 10% by 2040, says Maruti Suzuki’s C V Raman | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

times between the decade of 2030 to 2040 to 10 million units and the powertrain mix will evolve towards cleaner alternatives. As per the forecast shared by Raman, the share of petrol will come down from 80% at the end of FY23 to 28% at the end of FY31, which will further come down to 10% at the end of 2040.

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Debunking the ‘Electric car is a coal car’ argument!

Plug In India

They are worse than petrol cars." It's has been proven again and again that fuelling an electric car/scooter with electricity produced from coal power plants is still cleaner, cheaper and more efficient than using petrol or diesel. So petrol and diesel cars run on electricity. A power plant is tuned for efficiency.

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