EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars, while also addressing consumer and industry concerns

The new rule isn’t a mandate for electric vehicles, but it will sharply increase their market share over the coming decade.

Alan Jenn, Associate Professional Researcher in Transportation, University of California, Davis • conversation
March 22, 2024 • ~8 min

If all the vehicles in the world were to convert to electric, would it be quieter?

Noise pollution is a serious problem, and cars make a lot of it. But roads are also a factor.

Erica D. Walker, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2022 • ~6 min

Are plug-in hybrid cars worse for environment than factory tests suggest? It depends how you drive them

Drivers with long commutes who rarely charge their plug-in hybrid car are likely to emit much more CO₂ than official test figures suggest.

Ashley Fly, Lecturer in Vehicle Electrification, Loughborough University • conversation
Sept. 21, 2020 • ~6 min

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