Chinese electric cars have a disastrous impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles, a new study has found.
The University of Tennessee study found that electric cars cause more particulate matter pollution than gasoline cars.
“An implicit assumption has been that air quality and health impacts are lower for electric vehicles than for conventional vehicles. Our findings challenge that by comparing what is emitted by vehicle use to what people are actually exposed to. Prior studies have only examined environmental impacts by comparing emission factors or …

Chauffeured black Audis, armored limousines and a fleet of shuttle vans crunched to a halt in the streets of Davos as a record number of financiers, corporate bosses and politicians struggled to navigate through five feet of Swiss Alpine snow previous week, the second-most in 66 years.
More than 2,600 participants of the 42nd World Economic Forum, 1,000 journalists and 13,000 residents forged their way through narrow roads that resembled St. Moritz’s natural-ice bobsled run. The traffic looked more like that in the Lincoln Tunnel, which links New York and New …

Carmarker to unveil its version of the Sherpa Scout Military 4×4 Truck in March
Renault Trucks is launching its new civilian version of the Sherpa Scout Military 4×4 Truck in the Middle East this March.
What’s the best off-roader? Land-Rover? Jeep? Wrangler? How about a Renault?
Granted, Renault is not a brand you associate with off-roading, but Renault Trucks is launching in the Middle East the new civilian version of the Sherpa Scout Military 4×4 Truck.
The vehicle will be officially be revealed at the Commercial Vehicles Middle East exhibition, taking place from March …

Volkswagen will continue a Star Wars theme with its latest Super Bowl commercial, the New York Times reported.
The car maker’s Super Bowl ad last year was called “The Force” and featured a boy dressed like Darth Vader to promote the company’s Passat. It was the most-watched Super Bowl spot on YouTube last year and the most-watched ad of any kind on the Google video site in 2011, according to the Times.
This year, Volkswagen is promoting the 2012 Beetle during the Super Bowl. “Given the momentum and interest, it made the …

“I haven’t met any Emirati who doesn’t know what sailing is,” said Knut Frostad, the race chief executive. “If you made a book of the local culture here you’d include a picture of dhow racing. I think it’s part of their DNA. That is my impression,” he said.
Mr Frostad said he came into port with high expectations.
“There is no secret the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority – and Abu Dhabi – is well known for staging good events and most of the things I see them do are very good.
“You always …