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UN Sustainable Transport Conference calls for accelerated action to achieve net-zero emissions

Green Car Congress

The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded with a call to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable transport that would result in major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and in improving the lives of millions of people. Progress is insufficient. However, challenges remain.

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Elon Musk highlights from 2022 ONS Conference [Video]

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Elon Musk attended the 2022 Offshore Northern Shore Conference in Norway. 2022 ONS Conference Theme. Shell CEO Edward Daniels opened the conference, introducing its central theme of “trust.” Musk on Oil, Gas, and a Renewable System. ” Daniels brought up that people struggle to trust energy companies.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk en route to Norway to speak at 2022 Offshore Northern Shore conference

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Elon Musk is poised to speak at the 2022 Offshore Northern Shore (ONS) conference in Stavanger, Norway, which will be held from August 29 to September 1, 2022. Musk’s appearance at the 2022 ONS conference has been announced by the event’s organizers themselves. The 2022 ONS conference promises to be an important event.

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Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

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Toyota has had a long history of speaking out against an all-out transition to electric vehicles (EVs), continually pointing to hydrogen technology and continued gas vehicle production as important pieces of the puzzle. Battery electric vehicles do not represent the only way to achieve carbon neutrality,” Toyoda added.

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VW says it is now developing its last generation of gas, diesel engines

Green Car Reports

Our readers speculate a lot on this site about how long it will be until gas and diesel engines fade out, and the transition to electric cars is complete. Volkswagen may just have given an answer to that question in a conference at the automaker's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday.

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Maryland commits to ban on gas vehicle sales

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The State of Maryland followed in the footsteps of California today by banning all new gas vehicle sales by the model year 2035. Car exhaust is the largest source of greenhouse gas in the State of Maryland. “ It is based on California’s economy, California’s transportation needs, and California’s electrical grid.”

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Gas Station Staff Get Punk'd Electric Style With Nissan Leaf

Green Car Reports

If there's one comment we see more than any other from drivers of electric cars, it's the one about driving past gas stations with a smile, knowing they aren't using a drop.