The car manufacturers continue to make huge SUVs both with conventional power units – petrol and diesel – and battery-powered. The latter have to be huge to house batteries large enough to …
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Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA: Researchers have discovered that a formerly unknown chemical, 6PPD, in vehicle tires (tyres) which preserves them from ground level ozone, ends up killing salmon in streams. Bits …
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Plug-in hybrid cars are meant to have a much reduced level of carbon dioxide emissions compared to petrol or diesel cars. It is said they that produce about one third less CO2. …
