Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Electric cars are often described as "zero emission vehicles". That's true, to an extent - you won't find a drop of any substance eminating from their non-existent tailpipes. But naturally, they get their energy from somewhere, and that somewhere is a country's electricity grid.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
Iveco has presented a prototype of its new Electric Daily in Brazil, destined to be the first zero emission light commercial vehicle produced in Latin America. These batteries do not produce gaseous emissions and are maintenance free and totally recyclable. . The Electric Daily in Brazil. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. .
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Paraguay is the greenest place on the Earth to own and drive an electric car, thanks to its hydro-energy driven electricity grid. The South American country produces a staggering five time more hydroelectricity than it produces, meaning that the footprint of running an electric car there is rated at just 70 g CO2e/km-virtually all of [.].
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2009
For soya, India has a large water footprint, while the figures for countries such as Italy and Paraguay are more favorable. The scientific and the international political communities promote a shift toward renewable energy sources, such as biomass, to limit the emission of greenhouse gases.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
Could the first zero emission light commercial vehicle ever produced in Latin America be the Iveco Electric Daily? The project marks collaboration between Iveco and Itaipu Binacional, an organisation that manages the largest hydroelectric generating station in the world on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
Setec Powerr
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
In recent years, the EU has continuously improved its carbon emission standards and requirements to promote zero-carbon development. Portugal is actively taking measures to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector and to speed up the renewal of new energy vehicles.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
We will support efforts to achieve the road transport breakthrough announced by world leaders, which aims to make zero emission vehicles the new normal by making them accessible, affordable and sustainable in all regions by 2030. … The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level. —COP 26 Declaration.
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