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GMC Hummer EV review, traffic-light pollution, Porsche synthetic fuels: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And Porsche invests more in synthetic fuels. The GMC Hummer EV isn’t a truck for EV fans, but it’s even better than we expected off-road. Poorly timed traffic lights are adding to emissions. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We drove the 2022 GMC Hummer EV last week in Arizona. It drives a size smaller—provided.

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The Porsche Taycan Sets New Nürburgring Record

CleanTechnica EVs

EVs are great for commuters because they’re cheaper to operate and maintain, and they emit no pollutants. EVs have been a great alternative to gas- and diesel-powered vehicles for at least a decade, and in many cases the superior choice. Many people worry about range anxiety, but that’s slowly becoming a thing of the past […].

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US files civil complaint against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for alleged Clean Air Act violations

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Porsche AG, and Porsche Cars North America, Inc. The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impair their emission control systems and cause emissions to exceed EPA’s standards, resulting in harmful air pollution.

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Taycan update, Escape PHEV arrival, I-Pace in India, emissions from trees: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Earlier versions of the Porsche Taycan get a big software update. And how do trees add to air pollution? A software update for the 2020 Porsche Taycan brings quicker acceleration and a long list of new. The Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid is on track to arrive this year. The Jaguar I-Pace launches in India.

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Regulators approve updates to some Audi, VW, Porsche 3.0-liter diesel SUVs

Green Car Reports

State and federal environmental regulators announced Monday they had approved modifications to illegally polluting Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche SUVs fitted with VW Group's 3.0-liter liter V-6 TDI turbodiesel engine The EPA and California Air Resources Board sent a letter Friday to VW announcing the approved modifications for the 3.0-liter

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BMW & Tesla Business, 2014 Ram EcoDiesel Driven, Porsche 911 Plug-In: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: An industry analyst ignores an important electric-car player, we drive the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel full-size pickup truck, and patent drawings hint at future Porsche plug-in car plans. How do you cut city traffic and pollution? All this and more on Green Car Reports. Move the cars underground!

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Volkwagen Group brands using Prewave AI technology to minimize sustainability risks with predictive alerts

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group’s Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen brands are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify sustainability risks such as environmental pollution, human rights abuses and corruption at an early stage—not only among direct business partners but also at the lower levels of their supply chain.

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