We all know those clickbait EVmaggedon headlines in the media, but what’s it really like...
David Nicholson
26th February 2023
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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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Fact-check. What evidence is there that new diesel cars are still highly polluting?
Lobbyists for the car industry for diesel technology (including some of the motoring press and motoring experts) say that older diesel cars are dirty but new Euro 6 diesel cars are clean. They say that the...
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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