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How Much Do Electric Vehicles Help in Reducing Pollution?

The Environmental Blog

Nowadays, people can also invest in e-mopeds, e-bikes, electric scooters, and even electric skateboards. While electricity allows these modes of transportation to be carbon-neutral, they still use a pretty significant amount of non-renewable energy resources , both in the manufacturing process and during regular charges.

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Panasonic: How a green technology drive can help deliver on internal carbon goals

Business Green

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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Triumph Motorcycles revs up its first e-bike

Business Green

As lockdown lifts, many academics and planners have urged policymakers in the UK to emulate other European countries and embrace e-bikes and e-scooters as a low-carbon form of mass-transport for the socially-distanced era. Triumph is not the first major automotive company to dip into the booming e-mobility market.

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5 electric vehicle trends seen in 2022

Charged

A flourishing regional battery supply chain is vital for the automotive industry and cuts down on transportation emissions across the supply chain, something that is particularly important for an industry that prides itself on sustainability. E-scooters are lightweight, carbon-efficient, and can maneuver easily through congested traffic.

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Hydrogen vehicle start-up Riversimple revs up £150m funding round

Business Green

"Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the only zero carbon solution that offers customers the convenience that they have come to expect: three minutes to refuel and a decent range," Spowers said. The company intends to operate a 'mobility as a service' business model favoured by mobility giants such as Uber and Lyft and some e-scooter providers.

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UK poised for £24bn boost from electric cars by 2025, industry report claims

Business Green

The shift to electric passenger cars could deliver a £24bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years, but the automotive industry and its supply chains must ramp up capacity 10-fold in order to meet growing demand, a joint government and industry backed report today estimates. Clearly radical action is called for.

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Government promises £2bn active transport blitz, as fears grow over spike in post-lockdown pollution

Business Green

It also unveiled plans to fast track trials for e-scooters rental schemes, in a bid to make it easier for urban commuters to get to work. None of this is easy, but what's the analysis of the impact on carbon emissions & air pollution of encouraging people back into their cars? transportgovuk @beisgovuk @DHSCgovuk.