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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

EV Central

Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. litre turbo-diesel engine. litre ‘i-FORCE MAX’ petrol-electric hybrid was initially put on the backburner for Australia, but that now appears to have changed. 2024 Toyota Prado.

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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Uber’s CEO tells us they ‘do the right thing, period.’

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Petrol and diesel carmakers spend $4.5 billion on sport sponsorship, much of it greenwash

The Driven EV News

New report says petrol and diesel car makers are using sports sponsorships to greenwash their polluting products. The post Petrol and diesel carmakers spend $4.5 It says ICE car ads should be banned in the same way as tobacco products.

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Legacy auto faces disaster in China with unsellable cars as pollution crunch looms

The Driven EV News

Potentially millions of petrol and diesel cars may become unsellable in world's biggest car market as China moves to new pollution standards and EV demand booms. The post Legacy auto faces disaster in China with unsellable cars as pollution crunch looms appeared first on The Driven.

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EPHA: Coronavirus threat greater for polluted cities; clean air returning to cities in lockdown

Green Car Congress

Those living in polluted cities are more at risk from COVID-19, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) warned today. Air pollution can cause hypertension, diabetes and respiratory diseases, conditions that doctors are starting to link to higher mortality rates for COVID-19. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is an EPHA member.

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Aston Martin to make petrol cars ‘for as long as allowed’

Baua Electric

Read more Aston Martin has decided to continue manufacturing petrol cars as long as it can after the carmaker delayed the arrival of its first ever electric vehicle. The delay came after Britain last year pushed back its planned ban on the sale of high-polluting petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035.

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York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

Green Car Congress

Less traffic on the roads during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK led to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused potentially damaging surface ozone levels to rise, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of York. These results are a cautionary tale. —Professor Lee.

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