Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Less traffic on the roads during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK led to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused potentially damaging surface ozone levels to rise, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of York. The problem is being created by the change in chemistry between NO x and O 3.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

A 2003 study on victims of the coronavirus SARS found that patients in regions with moderate air pollution levels were 84% more likely to die than those in regions with low air pollution. Particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and ground-level ozone (O 3 ) cause the most harm and lead to about 400,000 early deaths annually.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

Accordingly, there have been a number of recent studies working to assess the impact of non-exhaust emissions from EVs and suggesting a regulatory or policy response (e.g., A 2014 study by Weinbruch et al. Compared to earlier studies, Weinbruch et al. A new Rotterdam-specific study by a pan-European team (Tobollik et al.

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