Remove Climate Change Remove Gasoline-Electric Remove Switzerland Remove Tax
article thumbnail

OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

Green Car Congress

The switch to more polluting diesel vehicles in many countries in part to combat climate change has also added to pollution effects, threatening to arrest the downward trend in emissions from road transport in OECD countries, according to the report. This is often because the taxes on vehicles and fuels favor diesel.

Pollution 218
article thumbnail

Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range. But your experience would likely be you would get in your electric car. Nissan Leafs, which were the first battery-electric vehicle to hit the U.S.

article thumbnail

Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range. But your experience would likely be you would get in your electric car. Nissan Leafs, which were the first battery-electric vehicle to hit the U.S.

article thumbnail

Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

Green Car Congress

According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), global CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere should be stabilized below 450 ppm, Nissan noted. in the United States; and Israel, Portugal, Monaco, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Nissan 150