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It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes

EV Central

After years of waiting Australia will have a CO2 emissions standard by January 1 2025 officially encouraging the purchase of electric vehicles if an ambitious Albanese Labor government timetable comes to pass. Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes appeared first on EV Central.

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A technical partnership between Olectra and Reliance brings hydrogen buses to life

Electric Vehicles India

This is a key differentiator for phasing out older diesel and petrol systems and replacing them with these eco-friendly buses. For reference, a single diesel bus that travels long distances typically emits 100 tons of CO2 per year. The bus has a hydrogen bottle that measures four inches in diameter.

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France December 2020

EV Sales

Looking at last month Best Sellers, if the winner was the usual Renault Zoe, below it, there was a surprise, with the Peugeot models taking the month off, as the French brand had already complied with the EU's 2020 CO2 rules, the 208 EV runner-up spot was up for grabs, and the taker of it was the VW ID.3, Mmmm.discuss.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Further, in 2020, the Australian car industry signed up to a new voluntary agreement to reduce vehicle CO2 emissions between 2021 and 2030. For the period 2020-2024, the EU fleet-wide CO2 emission targets are 8 : Cars: 95 g CO2/km. Vans: 147 g CO2/km. 8) These target levels refer to the NEDC emission test procedure.

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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

Charged EVs

The term refers to a process for documenting the source of a product, along with all the links in the supply chain, and it has long been important in various industries. OPTEL uses globally-recognized standards to facilitate the sharing of data with partners and government regulators. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. The CO2 based allowances announced in last year’s Budget were confirmed. Confirming and extending the overhaul of Vehicle Excise Duty Rates.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. The resulting fuel efficiency improvements mean lower CO2 emissions and less fossil fuel consumption and, therefore, less pollution. "People wont buy a full car.

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