Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The use of electric cars could actually lead to a rise in emissions, a damning new report reveals. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso called in September for transport and electrical supply to be ‘decarbonised’, highlighting the development of electric cars as a key aim.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Mitsubishi Triton to target BYD Ute and Ford Ranger with all-new plug-in hybrid system READ MORE: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long-term review: Laziness destroys our fuel savings, but plug-in potential is clear READ MORE: Is this a window into the Mitsubishi Triton’s all-electric future in Australia? 2024 Mitsubishi Triton.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

Continuing substitution of gas for coal (and in some instances for oil) will remain an effective short- and middle-term decarbonization measure and an economic boon only insofar as methane leakage from production and transport is held to low levels and drinking water is not adversely impacted, PVCAST noted.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Social media is awash with misinformation and unsubstantiated claims that electric cars are actually worse for the environment because of the manufacturing of heavy battery packs, many with materials that are difficult to mine. Fortunately plenty of reputable organisations have examined the issues surrounding CO2 emissions for EVs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

Globally, the transportation sector contributes about 25% of all CO2 emissions. In the US , the contribution is 28%, with light-duty vehicles – cars, SUVs, and small trucks – responsible for 59% of transportation emissions and 17% of all US emissions. An additional 35% is from natural gas, which emits the least CO2 of any fossil fuel.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

It is a liquid alcohol fuel produced from a variety of feedstocks, including natural gas, coal, biomass, or even carbon dioxide. Battery Electric Vehicles are environmental friendly(?). Hybrid Electric Cars uses one or more sources of energy along with electricity. I would say that electric vehicles are not rare.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This results in high safety as cyclists are properly protected on the road, high throughput from bicycles that take up a lot less space than cars, and low transportation emissions through the use of the most efficient transportation method man has ever devised.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. 16. * +3% for diesel cars. Capital Allowances.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at. There are clean ways to generate electricity.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Shipping is responsible for an estimated 100 crore tonnes of CO2 per year, and 10% of that is shipping oil. Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. In India 39.1%

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Of the fossil fuel subsidies, $70.2billion went to traditional sources such as coal and oil with just $2.3billion dedicated to carbon capture and storage, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By pouring more money into renewable energy, electric cars could become a more viable alternative.

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2009

The DOE also announced a $5million Funding Opportunity Announcement to assist laboratory level research and development technologies to produce hydrogen from coal back in June (read ‘ Funding support for hydrogen projects ’). The stumbling block for fuel cell cars remains their high costs and the lack of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

The main reasons were: Reduce our monthly electricity. With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. Tons of CO2. . Solar Panels: JA Solar.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

When most of us consider ways to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector, we immediately think of electric cars or vehicles in general, and in that case, we are right to a greater extent.  As we have quoted several times electric cars are great but battery-operated electric cars have a few disadvantages as well.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Here are some of the key advantages of electric vehicles: Environmental Benefits: EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, meaning they do not release pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and other harmful gases into the atmosphere. 10 Are EVs eco-friendly since we generate electricity from coal?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. When people start driving electric cars, where will the electricity come from? When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Kwong asked.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

They’re “fuming&# just like the deadly CO2 fumes they’re spewing into the atmosphere as you read these very words. One of the other big business groups the WSJ is talking about is the motley group of US Senators and US Congress members who got their money directly from the oil, gas and coal industry.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

And for those of us who believe that the future of the auto industry involves a plug and a battery - Plug In America just released their press release with the following headline: Plug In America Hails Plug-in Electric Car Aid in Stimulus Bill. The coal industry is about to get what’s coming to them and not a moment too soon.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What we have not done so well is to ensure that we have a solid base level of generation to supply electricity when there is no sun and no wind. We have closed most of the coal plants and several the aging nuclear plants are moving offline as they close for repair of reach end of life. Most CO2 is a by-product of making fertilisers.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 12, 2021

By David Reichmuth, Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program Electric vehicles have a high profile right now, with EVs featuring prominently in the Biden administration’s and Congress’s plans and also important new vehicle announcements from major automakers like Ford. Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 21, 2022

“A new study shows that this weight difference alone means electric cars produce more particulate matter emissions from greater tyre, road and brake wear than petrol cars do. These heavy electric cars are also more dangerous for others in accidents. I’ll just pause here while you read that sentence again.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

In one of those alternative realities Al Gore got elected President in 2000 and because he understood what was happening with CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions he made cutting emissions, and developing renewable and clean energy sources our country’s focus and goals.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

In one of those alternative realities Al Gore got elected President in 2000 and because he understood what was happening with CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions he made cutting emissions, and developing renewable and clean energy sources our country’s focus and goals.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Trump campaign contributor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk And lo, Trump has declared: “I’m for electric cars, I have to be because Elon endorsed me very strongly.” He wants electric vehicles wiped out, undone, eliminated and because America is so powerful and influential, what he does matters.

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