London, Transportation Fees, & EV Adoption — An Equation To Lower Air Pollution
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The mayor, Sadiq Khan, says that London can be a global leader in smart road pricing.
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London City Commuting: Why an EV makes sense
Drive Electric
JUNE 16, 2021
It almost seems as though London is against us mere motorists. With some great transport links to take advantage of, having a car in London isn’t always necessary or practical. Why are EVs best for London? Thankfully, the UK Government has taken the crucial step of banning the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 14, 2020
Metz and Janelle London finds that state vehicle electrification mandates can withstand legal challenges based on federal preemption if they are based solely on reasons for transitioning to electric vehicles that are within the state's authority. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner. The paper by Matthew N.
UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2017
Among the many policy and funding details in the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations , produced by Defra and the Department for Transport is the cessation of the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. Click to enlarge. —UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide. billion (US$3.5
Parc Fermé: Paris Triples Parking Rates for SUVs
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was targeting SUVs for reasons of road safety, air pollution, and climate change Roughly a million residents, most of whom live in central Paris, were eligible to vote though percentage of turnout was suggested to be in the single digits (5.7 percent is estimated). Of those who did cast a ballot, 54.5
NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2012
A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. The magnitude of the drop in VOC levels was surprising, even to researchers who expected some kind of decrease resulting from California’s longtime efforts to control vehicle pollution. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7
Study finds São Paulo switch from ethanol to gasoline dropped local ozone levels by 20%, increased CO and nitric oxide concentrations
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2014
Geiger and Alberto Salvo, formerly with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and now an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, is the first real-world trial looking at the effects of human behavior at the pump on urban air pollution. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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