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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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A new open-access study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) below the legal limit of 0.08% accounted for 15% of alcohol-involved crash deaths in the United States. Lira et al. In 2018, Utah became the first state to do so.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

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In 2000, “I decided my next car would be an EV when there was really nothing on the market,” White continued. “I It was a Polaris GEM , it ran at 25 miles per hour (mph). There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I It went up to 50 mph.”. I had a Mini Moke from British Motor Works.

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Opel introducing new top-end 2.0L BiTurbo diesel in Insignia; Euro 6.2, WLTP testing

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seconds with a maximum speed of 233 km/h (145 mph). more than 9 times the legal limit—under real-world conditions. Diesel fuel is then injected through seven-hole jets in up to ten sequences at 2000 bar. Official fuel consumption for the Insignia Grand Sport 2.0 l/100 km (27 mpg US), extra-urban 5.7 l/100 km (41.2

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