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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

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The announcement involved a press event at the National Press Club, along with official-looking press release and even a whole website. This campaign has been subject to an FTC complaint for false advertising (Toyota has previously lost a similar case in Norway over its false EV/hybrid advertising).

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BYD will be present at the 2022 Paris Motor Show

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Norway has served as an effective pilot market in Northern Europe for BYD. BYD is committed to developing and evolving sustainable technology to reduce global carbon emissions, providing non-polluting viable alternatives to ICE vehicles. BYD stands by its long-held vision for electrification in transportation.

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Advantage EV

Electric Auto Association

Also, gas vehicles must be started and preheated outdoors due to health risks from the exhaust, and gas vehicle emissions contribute to air pollution. Two of the largest EV markets in the world are Norway and Iceland. In Norway, EVs account for more than 90 percent of car sales. Electric vehicles are popular in cold climates.

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This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

Cars That Think

This research resulted in solutions “achieving levels of reliability and performance previously not possible” and several international patents were filed. and Norway. Today, the startup employs a staff of 50 people with offices located in Italy, U.K., It has about 20 customers — “Blue economy” companies and scientific institutions.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

That series unexpectedly swore off gasoline and staged its first all-electric race on 13-14 August in Hell, Norway. Extreme E’s events are being held with no spectators, created entirely for Web and TV broadcast). Internal combustion is notoriously inefficient, turning at most 40 percent of burnt fossil-fuel energy into forward motion.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At a press event on Monday, Oregon’s governor, Ted Kulongoski, was talking up Nissan’s previously announced partnership with the state. One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem. So why don’t journalist ever write the full story?

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