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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change?

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Exxon/Mobil Guilty of Climate Change Coverup. Now Ordered Out of Torrance 3 Years Sooner.

Creative Greenius

But now that I’ve found out they’re still lying and covering up their role in climate change and the size of their own carbon footprint, I’m going to have to get tougher with them. I initially gave Exxon/Mobil till 2020 to get out of Torrance and clean up their toxic mess here in my town.

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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion

EV Central

But first I wanted to talk about climate change deniers, and how remarkable it is that they still exist. A few years ago, climate change deniers were annoying, unscientific troll turds, the kind of people who choose their feelings over facts. And I think that needs to be repeated.

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

Green Car Congress

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

Drive Electric

You only have to look to the London Congestion Charge for proof of that. Faced with the rising threat of climate change, one of the government’s first major steps to combat dangerous levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the country was introduce the Congestion Charge. What is the London Congestion Charge?

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Ofgem to invest $425 mln in EV infrastructure

Electric Vehicles India

“The payment will support the rapid take up of EVs, which will be vital if Britain is to hit its climate change targets. Drivers need to be confident that they can charge their car quickly when they need to.”. Uber to invest £5m for public EV charging stations in London. Tesla installs 20,000 charging stations worldwide.

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UK launches £75M fund for more energy efficient engines and cars; £1.5M for autonomous pods

Green Car Congress

The LUTZ program grew out of the Automotive Council’s Intelligent Mobility Summit which was held in April 2012 in London. By 2050, very few—if any—new cars will be powered solely by the traditional internal combustion engines, so it is important that the UK car industry is at the cutting edge of low carbon technologies.

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