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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

Green Car Congress

High emitters occur as a result of breakage, mal-maintenance (performance modifications, rechipping, and/or after-treatment removal), and at end of a vehicle’s useful life. of the registered vehicles (2000/325000). —Bishop et al. In their study, Bishop et al.

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Five Dead, Two In Critical Condition From Fire at Tesoro Refinery

Green Car Congress

The explosion and fire occurred while the unit was undergoing maintenance work. Tesoro’s Anacortes refinery is located about 70 miles north of Seattle on the Puget Sound. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is investigating the fatal explosion. The investigation could take up to six months.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

He went on to own a Rover 2000, which was the most handsome looking car of its time. In the early 2000s he picked up his first electric car - the Revai. The NMC cells usually show a life of 2000 cycles in the lab, compared to the 4000 of LFP. Jayram works with Google and has been staying at Seattle for two decades before that.