With non-petroleum vehicles now an established part of the transport landscape, Paine interviews a range of industry pioneers vying for pole position in the race for the electric future.
We examine energy and emissions regulations for older petroleum powered vehicles and newer plug-in electric vehicles.
Among Belgium's main imports are raw materials (including petroleum), motor vehicles, chemicals, textiles, and food products.
In 2007, natural gas displaced 250 million gallons of petroleum in vehicles.
Together, the deficits in petroleum, motor vehicles and trade with China totaled about $65 billion in April, or more than the entire trade deficit on goods and services.
In efforts to replace petroleum in vehicles, the report's authors argue that there will be few widely-available options until 2020.
The main CPF sources in aquatic ecosystems are the leakage of oil transport pipelines, storage tanks, and accidents involving petroleum transport vehicles.
It may be extended to other industries listed in Fig. 4 e.g. for petroleum fuel; vehicles may be checked at various petrol filling stations/outlets having pollution level certifying arrangements.
Also, if the cost of petroleum rises, vehicles that rely on electrical power will become more competitive and desirable.
Through our BGreen 2020 plan, we've cut carbon emissions by 55,290 metric tons per year, which is equal to taking 11,519 petroleum fueled vehicles off the road annually.
The island hopes to soon be the first entirely energy-self-sustainable territory in the world as it replaces petroleum-run vehicles with an electric fleet and installs solar panels for heating, among a long list of projects that its hydro-wind combo will help finance.
