Tag: vehicles

Rise in used heavy-duty vehicles a major contributor to pollution, prompting calls for more stringent regulations

While heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) exports represent a modest 3.6 per cent of the global automotive trade's total value, their associated CO2 emissions have surged by over 30 per cent since 2000, with...

EU COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT REACH AN AGREEMENT ON REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS GENERATED BY HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES

The Council and the European Parliament reached a temporary political agreement on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, to reduce these emissions in the road transport sector, but also set new targets...

Remote Working and Online Shopping Could Drive 14 Million Cars Off US Roads

In 2019, US motorists drove equivalent of 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto. Lockdown meant a 64% drop in car usage, according to a KPMG report. 14 million fewer cars...

Children Increasingly Travelling to School by Car, Despite Pollution Dears

The percentage of primary school children walking or riding bikes to their place of education fell by 2% last year. The number of parents driving their children to school is growing, despite increasing...

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