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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. To legislate to ensure only the cleanest domestic fuels will be available for sale, preventing 8,000 tonnes of harmful particulate matter from entering the atmosphere each year. billion (US$4.7-billion)

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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California Air Resources Board approves 2014 Honda Plug-in Hybrid Accord as first LEV3/SULEV20 vehicle on sale

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The California Air Resources Board has approved the 2014 Honda Plug-in Hybrid Accord as the first car for sale in California that meets ARB’s LEV3/SULEV20 standard—the most stringent smog-emission standard to date. In 1995, the 1996 Civic was the first certified Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) gasoline vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Plug’n Drive launches online tool to help Canadian drivers find their electric vehicle match

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By moving away from provincial and national averages, “Find Your EV Match” personalizes the EV buying process by providing total cost of ownership information, alongside greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction insights, that are based on regional electricity pricing, gasoline pricing and electricity generation.

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Groupe PSA, T&E, FNE and Bureau Veritas develop accurate real-world fuel consumption test protocol

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Groupe PSA, clean transportation NGO Transport & Environment (T&E); France Nature Environnement (FNE); and Bureau Veritas have collaborated to develop an accurate real-world fuel consumption test protocol. l/100km less than a gasoline one. 100km) and gasoline (2.5 The development of the test protocol began in late 2015.

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Construction Companies Are Turning to EVs

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Greater Efficiency Volvo Construction Equipment has a lineup of EVS Idling accounts for more than 6 billion gallons of lost diesel and gasoline annually, costing construction companies over $11 billion. Volvo Construction Equipment currently has five electric excavators and wheel loaders of various sizes for sales plus an asphalt compacter.

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Lawrence Livermore publishes state-by-state energy/water Sankey diagrams

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Gasoline, diesel and kerosene (jet fuel) are produced in oil refineries, which withdraw and consume water as a process input and for cooling purposes. Wastewater Treatment: The major energy-consuming processes used to remediate municipal wastewater (sewage) for release back into the environment are also primarily pressure- or gravity- driven.

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