EU lawmakers back 35 percent cut in trucks' CO2 output by 2030

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Government/Legal,Green,Emissions,Emerging Technologies,Technology,Truck,Commercial Vehicles This follows last week’s 35 percent target for passenger vehicles. Continue reading EU lawmakers back 35 percent cut in trucks’ CO2 output by 2030 EU lawmakers back 35 percent cut in trucks’ CO2 output by 2030 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 18 Oct 2018 […]

Trump’s new pollution rules could cause up to 1,400 more premature deaths every year by 2030, according to the EPA

REUTERS/Brian Snyder President Donald Trump‘s administration has released its new plan to regulate carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. The Affordable Clean Energy rule would impose looser regulations than former President Barack Obama’s proposed Clean Power Plan. According to an EPA analysis, Trump’s new rules could cause up to 1,400 premature deaths annually by 2030. President Donald […]

LEGO launch their first sustainable blocks made from sugarcane – and they hope to roll it out to most products by 2030

LEGO/Press On August 1, LEGO launched their first sustainable building bricks. LEGO wants the majority of its production to be sustainable by 2030. The new bricks are made of sugarcane plastic and are shaped like plants.   Danish toymaker LEGO has high ambitions for its sustainability program: by 2030, the company intends to manufacture most […]

BAD news for drivers – Petrol and diesel cars could be BANNED in the UK by 2030

GETTY Petrol and diesel cars could be banned in the UK by 2030 There have been calls for the ban of petrol and diesel cars in the UK  to be brought forward, as the 2040 target “lacks sufficient ambition”, said MPs. A new joint committee report has urged the Government to determine the earliest date […]

The robots are coming! Technology could replace up to 800mn jobs by 2030, study says

Published time: 29 Nov, 2017 15:18 All the effort you put into studying at university may not have been enough – because robots could be coming for your job. A new study found that as many as 800 million workers could be replaced by technology by 2030. The study from the McKinsey Global Institute, the research […]

Higher oil prices could threaten Saudi Vision 2030

Saudi’s headlines keep rolling in. Saudi Arabia is deepening its ties with Russia, with billions of investments planned for the future. Saudi Arabia is going to allow women to drive. Saudi Arabia booked a second quarterly GDP contraction in a row, with non-oil revenues particularly worrying. Saudi Arabia is also going ahead with the Aramco […]

Mazda plans to go electric by 2030

TOKYO (Reuters) – Mazda plans to make its vehicle models electric-based, including petrol hybrids, by the early 2030s, Japan’s Kyodo News reported on Friday. A Mazda spokeswoman declined to comment on the report. Mazda does not sell any all-battery electric vehicles at the moment, however, it markets a hybrid model. Last month, the auto manufacturer […]

Volkswagen Group will electrify all 12 brands by 2030, needs gigafactories

VW Group Chairman Müller on stage introducing Roadmap E, the company’s plan to electrify its vehicle lineup by 2030. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) First Volvo did it. Then Jaguar Land Rover did it. On Monday, Volkswagen Group signed up. On the eve of the Frankfurt Auto Show, VW Group chairman Matthias Müller committed his company […]