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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2023
If US residents who switched to SUVs over the past 20 years had stuck with smaller cars, more than 1,000 pedestrian deaths might have been averted, according to one study. Heavier vehicles also generate more particulate pollution from tyre wear. Pedestrians will also be at risk.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2022
New York Governor Kathy Hochul directed the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take major regulatory action that will require all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in New York State to be zero emissions by 2035. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 18, 2022
BYD is launching three new battery-electric passenger vehicles in Europe at the Paris Motor Show, including the BYD ATTO 3, a C-segment SUV designed with the European customer in mind; the BYD TANG, a 7-seater with variable all-wheel drive; and the sporty sedan BYD HAN.
Cars That Think
MARCH 4, 2023
To accelerate this progress, Congress has recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act , which includes billions of dollars for clean-energy projects. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Today, assembling a Toyota SUV takes about 2.04
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
The company has also announced plans to electrify all of its brands and model series, including an electric SUV for the 2020 model year. Transitioning to cars with no tailpipe pollution and incentivizing the infrastructure that supports them will help California meet climate change goals and federal clean air standards.
Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2009
Kilometers per crop hectare for switchgrass feedstock with a small SUV. The authors point out their study looked at only two criteria, kilometers travelled and greenhouse gas offsets, but did not examine the performance of electricity and ethanol for other policy-relevant criteria such as water consumption, air pollution or economic costs. “We
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2017
For example, the report finds that of the more than 1,300 conventional vehicle model configurations available in 2016, 23 truck configurations, 23 sport utility vehicle (SUV) configurations, and 26 passenger car configurations meet 2020 or later GHG standards with a conventional gasoline powertrain. PM and criteria pollutants.
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