Electric Vehicles

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Main Takeaways

• Internal combustion vehicles – those that run on gasoline and diesel fuel – produce CO~2~ and a number of air pollutants.
• Over recent decades, big improvements have been made in reducing vehicle-emission pollution; however, it is still problematic at a global scale.
• Transport accounts for one fifth of CO~2~ emissions globally; of this portion the majority comes from road transport (cars, motorcycles, buses, and taxis).
• Rising atmospheric CO~2~ from vehicle emissions and other human activities has been driving recent global warming.
• Air pollution from vehicles has health effects like respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and even an increased risk of getting cancer.
• You can reduce your vehicle pollution by using more sustainable transport options like electric vehicles, ride sharing, walking, bicycles, and public transport.

Related: Some of that air pollution actually counters the greenhouse effect, and climate models have so far underestimated this.

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With protests happening at Tesla dealerships around the world and U.S. President Donald Trump unleashing tariffs that could devastate the Canadian auto sector, now seems the perfect time for Project Arrow 2.0 to make its debut at Hannover Messe, the world’s biggest technology fair.

Project Arrow, Canada’s first locally made zero-emission vehicle, was designed by a student team at Carleton University in Ottawa and built – with 97 per cent Canadian components – in Oshawa at Ontario Tech University’s Automotive Centre of Excellence.

First unveiled in 2023 at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, the car has since moved from concept to the brink of (almost) mass production, with the latest version presented at in Hannover, where Canada is the partner country at the fair and Durham Region’s booth – with a handful of local dignitaries making the trip – is front and centre.

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With Germans among the strongest voices opposing Trump and Tesla owner Elon Musk, the timing for Project Arrow 2.0 was impeccable and Volpe made sure German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a first-hand look when he stopped by the Durham Region booth.

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