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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

For the study, published in the journal Environment International , the team monitored pollution hotspots in 10 global cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); São Paulo (Brazil); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); Cairo (Egypt); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Chennai (India); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).?.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. Vehicle body and other car parts. What about other battery components?

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. Vehicle body and other car parts. What about other battery components?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Maybe Im too hippie/spartan for this brave new labor reduced world? 12:47 PM joe said.

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