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Ghosn charged, more ultra-fast chargers, EPA rollbacks: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

As world leaders gather at a climate conference in Poland, the U.S. A VW executive says electric cars could spell the end of front-wheel drive. All this and more on Green Car Reports. EPA proposes new looser standards for coal plants.

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EC Publishes 6 Calls for Proposals for Transport Research within the Seventh Framework Program; €63M for European Green Cars Initiative and Electromobility

Green Car Congress

Within that, projects for the European Green Cars Inititative are to receive an indicative (i.e., million) for the European Green Cars Initiative topics, and the remaining €12 million for the rest of the topics. Specific topics outside of the Green Cars Initiative are: AAT.2010.7-17. assessments.

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Electric cars head to UN Durban climate change talks

Green Cars News

As climate talks in Durban, South Africa get underway today, a host of electric cars will be on hand to give COP17 delegates the chance to try out the cleaner future in the automotive industry. A dozen electric cars from the Renault-Nissan Alliance will be on hand for the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference which [.].

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LowCVP Conference attracts 200 delegates and leading speakers

Green Cars News

Andrew Adonis, making his first public speech since his promotion to Secretary of State for Transport, told delegates at the LowCVP Conference that climate change is an issue which defines this age. Feedback following the conference has been very positive. Tags: LowCVP conference.

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COP 15: Emissions could double by 2040

Green Cars News

The COP 15 climate conference, which kicked off yesterday in Copenhagen, may be focusing on how to reduce emissions but before a solution can be found the true scale of the problem must be addressed – and unfortunately it seems that problem is only going to continue to mount. According to a new assessment from Ecofys [.].

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Copenhagen summit concludes: what was and was not achieved?

Green Cars News

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 15 Conference of Parties (COP 15) came to its conclusion after an all-night session that sent two weeks of climate talks into overtime.

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EPA issues greenhouse gas proposals

Green Cars News

It has been deemed by the EPA that the emissions from new motor vehicles and their engines contribute to these concentrations and threaten climate change. The analysis also looked at the impact of climate change on human health and suggests that it may lead to higher levels of ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant.

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