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Should we be encouraging EVs or discouraging old smoking cars that are the most polluting? | Opinion

EV Central

I recently read a brilliant book, Malcolm Gladwells, Revenge of the Tipping Point that alerted me to the fact that just five per cent of the passenger vehicles on the road produce more than half of all the pollution in the air. Pollution would drop by the same amount as the 10 per cent shift.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. Now JFK is undergoing a $19-billion redevelopment project that, among several new terminals, includes the 2.4-million

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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

Plug in America

The EPA emissions standards require automakers to meet tailpipe emissions limits across their entire fleet using a technology-neutral approach. Automakers can meet the goals by manufacturing hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel-efficient gas cars, or any other viable technology that reduces tailpipe pollution.

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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

Blue Bird uses the Roush CleanTech ultra-low emission propane technology that they say has accumulated more than three billion miles with 3,000 fleets in North America. Clean Fleet Report used one of Loves DC Fast Chargers on our 1,796-mile road trip from California to Moab, Utah, in a Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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EVs inspire growth in Italy’s new car market

Baua Electric

By doing so, overall CO 2 pollution would be reduced as well. To date, the European vehicle fleet, like the Italian one, has an average age of approximately 12.5 years, with high risks of accidents and certainty of pollution, he added.

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Does the manual gearbox have a future in an EV world?

Baua Electric

Taxes and restrictions Away from the wider pan-continental emissions regulations, individual countries are introducing taxes and restrictions on higher-polluting vehicles. ULEZ is a regulatory initiative in cities such as London, designed to cut vehicle-related air pollution by charging non-compliant vehicles.

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Using Geofencing to Secure Electric Vehicles: A New Era in Location-Based Protection

Get Electric Vehicle

From deterring theft to improving fleet management and preventing unauthorized usage, geofencing is rapidly emerging as one of the most effective security tools in the modern auto industry. Fleet Monitoring: For businesses managing EV fleets, geofencing enables oversight on delivery routes, driver behavior, and unauthorized vehicle usage.