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HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

Green Car Congress

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles. and PM 10 , including of NTP and TP emissions, at key selected London trial sites.

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Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

Green Car Congress

An estimated 84% of global transportation-attributable deaths occurred in G20 countries, and 70% occurred in the four largest vehicle markets in 2015: China, India, the European Union, and the United States. Ambient air pollution is the leading environmental health risk factor worldwide, contributing to 3.4

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IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulfur fuel oil requirement; 5000 ppm

Green Car Congress

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion

EV Central

I must admit that I had not heard of rolling coal until very recently, but it has – at least in the unlighted United States – been a thing since 2014, apparently. But first I wanted to talk about climate change deniers, and how remarkable it is that they still exist. And I think that needs to be repeated.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. They surely see that EVs still make up fewer than 4 percent of new-car sales in the United States. A jaw-dropping weight-to-power ratio of 1.57 And don’t forget sound.

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