Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MoEP) and Haifa Municipality have begun operating a low-emission zone (LEZ). As of 2 February 2018, polluting heavy diesel vehicles were no longer allowed in downtown Haifa. Enforcement during this stage will be carried out by city inspectors and the Israel Police.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

As a step toward better understanding the prevalence of airborne nanoplastics, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have developed a sensor that detects these particles and determines the types, amounts and sizes of the plastics using colorful carbon dot films. —Raz Jelinek, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Atmospheric pollution is a growing problem, particularly in urban areas and in less developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, one out of every nine deaths can be attributed to diseases caused by air pollution.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

Israel Corp. a US subsidiary of Israel Corporation’s renewable energy unit IC Green Energy Ltd., Primus GE says that its biofuel emits 80% less pollution than gasoline refined from oil. unit reports biomass fuel breakthrough Globes. Primus Green Energy Ltd.,

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Plug In India

MARCH 5, 2023

22 Indian cities are among the 30 most polluted cities across the world owing to the rising concentration of 2.5-micron With Zero local emissions and electric vehicles, India can solve it's massive air pollution problem. Only electric vehicles offers zero local emissions. micron particulate matter emitted from vehicle exhausts.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 3, 2012

With the movement towards green cars partly spurred by the need to eliminate harmful emissions and air pollution, it’s interesting to note that there is arguably even more reason to cut them out. That’s because a new study by researchers in the US and Israel suggests increases in air pollution and other particulate matter can [.].

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The use of efficient vehicles that consume low energy and clean energy is one way of mitigating the pollution due to carbon emissions and counteracting the health hazards that are related to the pollution. BYD received Israel’s largest electric bus order. Electric bus market and trends .

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2013

Better Place, a high-profile developer and proponent of a battery switch model for electric vehicles ( earlier post ), filed a motion with the Lod District Court in Israel to ask for the dissolution of the company and the appointment of a temporary liquidator. Israel was the first place in which an electrical car could travel without limit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

The project marks the next major milestone leading up to a complete system test of all components of the company’s electric vehicle solution in Israel before year-end. By year-end, Better Place will test all components of its solution in Israel as the company continues to gear up for commercial launch in Israel and Denmark in late 2011.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

Hydrogen today comes primarily from natural gas, which pumps out a lot of carbon and methane pollution into the atmosphere. Researchers from Italy and Israel recently reported a method that harnesses semiconductor nanorods topped with platinum spheres that convert almost 4 percent of solar energy into hydrogen fuel. .

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

The eagerness to reward green car buyers for their purchases now looks likely to extend to Israel, where the finance ministry is planning new regulations on car purchasing according to Reuters. The changes planned are meant to alleviate increasing air pollution as well as save energy costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Aircraft are currently required to use their main propulsion jet engines in a highly inefficient manner for slow speed ground movements; the consequence is greater local air and noise pollution, as well as wasted fuel and hence increased carbon emissions.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

The war between Israel and Hizbollah has brought massive petroleum spills to Beirut’s beaches as a result of the bombing of an oil-burning electricity generation plant. The Pasadena Star News covered the story as it developed, culminating in a strong editorial supporting the city’s efforts to keep the non-polluting cars on the road.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

Three out of four global consumers rated air pollution (77%) and water pollution (75%) as top concerns, both increasing six percentage points compared to 2009. Portugal and Mexico were also the world’s most concerned countries about water shortages and air and water pollution. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. They will not meet my needs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Airbus and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) expect to create this year a dedicated joint venture to complete the development of TaxiBot—a robotic, pilot-controlled towing vehicle ( earlier post )—and to commercialize the system.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Each of the aforementioned “primary energy sources&# generates carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases plus other pollutants coming from the contaminants or byproducts of using these “primary energy sources&#.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Although it will take time before these clean-energy hubs see the light of day, it proves that long-haulfreight transportation—a significant global carbon polluter—has a sustainable future. Nikola also has started production of its hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. In addition to Smart Grid City, another major EV/V2G initiative is unfolding.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

There is no pollution to speak of with these plants. Oil burning is one of the single biggest sources of pollution coming from the whole state. This 30 MW represents around 20% of the island’s demand for power. Another 5% comes from wind and 5% from hydro. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2015

A study by researchers in Israel and the US has found that single (“sub-clinical”) exposure to extracts from particulate material (PM) collected in a near roadway environment can induce a transient oxidative stress and inflammation in mice’ lungs. The paper appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Pardo et al.

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