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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. For the U.S. to hit the 90 percent EV target, sales of all new ICE vehicles across the U.S.

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EC awards €1.2B from NER300 “Robin Hood” mechanism for 23 renewable energy projects; 5 advanced biofuel projects targeted for €516.8M

Green Car Congress

billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 The bio-methanol will be produced using biomass torrefaction and entrained flow gasification as new core technologies to deliver a petrol additive for partial replacement of mineral fuel. —Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard.

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