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WELCOME TO MY URBAN CAR
It’s time for electric cars running on clean energy, not polluting pistons & fossils. We have tips and advice on switching to electric cars and on the @myurbancar twitter feed which can be viewed at the end of this page
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If you have any questions to help your transition to an electric car or van drop us a line on twitter @myurbancar or @rivergecko
Quick guides
Fact-check. What evidence is there that new diesel cars are still highly polluting?
Table Of Contents 2021 Source – The Brussels study by True EmissionsSource German Federal Environment agency and published by Deutsche Welle in Feb 2018Source 2 – The West Lothian Goverment studySource 3...
What is air pollution from a car?
There still seems to a little confusion about what a pollutant is so here’s a quick guide. Cars with conventional engines produce some gases that make the air toxic to breathe and some that are not toxic but are bad for...
6 easy steps for drivers to improve urban air
1. Go Diesel Free – Pledge not to buy another diesel On average even a new Euro 6 diesel car emits 7 times as much NO2 as new Euro 6 petrol cars in the real world. The worst diesels emit as much as more than 30...
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