A mobile source is any motorized vehicle is a mobile source of air pollution.

Automobiles, trains, ships, lawnmowers and personal watercraft are all examples of mobile sources.

Most individual sources emit small amounts of air pollution, but collectively they make up a large percentage of the emissions. In the USA, around 50\% of the nitrogen oxides released each year come from on-road and off-road engines

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