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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Green Car Congress

The share of electric vehicles in new registrations tripled from about 3.5% New car emissions were increasing as recently as two years ago, but the sharp drop last year shows that carmakers respond to CO2 standards. —Lucien Mathieu, road vehicles and emobility analysis manager at T&E. This was 14.5 Source: EEA.

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PHEV vs BEV vs ICE vs Hybrid CO2 Emissions

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post PHEV vs BEV vs ICE vs Hybrid CO2 Emissions appeared first on CleanTechnica. Air pollution is one of the US’ and global leading causes of death on an ongoing and increasingly fatal basis.

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German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law appeared first on CleanTechnica. It’s the third time the Scholz government has threatened a last-minute U-turn on European environment laws. A planned vote on.

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Miners are cutting CO2 emissions in half by switching to electric vehicles for extracting critical minerals

Electrek

While you may notice more electric vehicles on the road today than ever before, the technology is now making its way to miners, the companies extracting the critical minerals needed to build EVs, ensure adequate global food supply, etc.

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GlobalData: COVID-19 puts EV sales and CO2 fleet emission targets at risk

Green Car Congress

GlobalData research shows that lower oil prices as a result of the COVID-19 crisis could reduce electric vehicle demand and impair EU efforts to significantly reduce average new vehicle CO 2 emissions in the European car market. —Mike Vousden, Automotive Analyst at GlobalData.

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Plug-in vehicles reduced CO2 emissions by 5.5 million metric tons in 2021

Electric Cars Report

Plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 5.5 The estimates used regional electric grid mixes and EV/PHEV registration locations.

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New US vehicle emission standards to cut 7 billion tonnes of CO2

Innovation News Network

The EPA has announced the final vehicle emission standards for the US, which will cut over seven billion tonnes of carbon emissions. The post New US vehicle emission standards to cut 7 billion tonnes of CO2 appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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