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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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The electric F-150 weighs 700 kg more than its petrol-powered predecessor. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. Why does this matter? First and foremost is safety.

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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)

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Table 1: Chapter 9 Energy and Industry Table 2: Chapter 11 Transport Table 3: Climate Change Commission Recommendations Table 4: Drive Electrics Summary Recommendations Part B: Detailed response Introduction New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century.

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Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

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Petrol taxes are effective and actually don’t affect poor people disproportionally. Powerful lobbyists have tried to undermine the whole idea of petrol taxes, claiming that the effects are too hard on the poor. Sterner is lead author in the UN climate panel’s (IPCC) working group Mitigation of Climate Change.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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To address this issue people should change to more sustainable modes of transportation. It is the need of the hour because to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we have just ten years in our hands. Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma.

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KAIST team engineers novel pathway for direct production of biogasoline by E. coli bacteria

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Petrol, a mixture of C 4 –C 12 short-chain hydrocarbons (SCHCs), is a liquid fuel primarily used in internal combustion engines. Although short-chain alcohols were produced to substitute for petrol, they are inferior to petrol in their fuel properties. Here we report the development of engineered E.

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New report released by UK House of Commons calls for advancing date for end of sale of conventional cars to before 2040

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Develop a properly resourced national air quality support scheme available to all local authorities struggling with air pollution. We expect the Government to then require manufacturers to end the sale of conventional petrol and diesel vehicles by this earlier date.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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However, according to the World Resources Institute , “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at keeping global warming to 1.5 Cost parity between battery- and petrol-powered vehicles will happen by 2026 in the U.S. degrees C (2.7

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