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Renault makes public its lifecycle study of Fluence ICE vs Fluence EV

Green Car Congress

The publication gives the opportunity for an “apples-to-apples” comparison between the environmental impacts of the two types of powertrains: same manufacturer, same model, same boundary conditions. Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (kg Ethene equivalent). Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? emissions).

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London and Paris launch car scoring initiative based on real-world emissions; ICCT the technical lead

Green Car Congress

This new undertaking will capture detailed information on pollutants from vehicle exhaust using remote-sensing equipment and portable emissions monitoring systems. The new initiatives will award each car model a score based on all of the air pollutants they release during real-world, on-road conditions. Earlier post.).

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The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

Now, several aircraft manufacturers and NASA are intent on ushering in a new era of supersonic commercial aviation. The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. The Concorde last flew nearly. two decades ago.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." Neutral catachip @ Apr 19th 2009 4:29PM Now only if electronics manufacturers could do the same thing. Who even knows if they are a member of SAE. yay same plug!