article thumbnail

Plug-in hybrid cars to increase ozone at night

Green Cars News

Researchers at the University of Texas believe that the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will increase ozone during night-time hours while decreasing ozone during the day. Ozone is formed as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides react with sunlight as they are emitted into the air.

Ozone 48
article thumbnail

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-27

Green Cars News

New blog post: Ozone concentrations can impair healthy lungs [link] #. New blog post: Details of Ford’s green car strategy [link] #. New blog post # green #cars: Kia focus on green growth [link] #. green cars # electric cars # hybrid cars: CO2 data aids car choice [link] #. .

2009 32