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Relationship between distance driven and economic activity: 1946-2017

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from 2000 to 2017. in 2000 to 0.7% in 2000 to 8.9% However, a recent analysis did not find a decrease in the amount of time people spend traveling using all modes of transportation in connection with purchasing goods and services between 2007 and 2017.).

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Traditional retail sales steady despite e-commerce

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In comparison, the corresponding percentage in 2000 was only 0.9%. That is consistent with a recent finding that, between 2007 and 2017, there was no significant reduction in the amount of travel in connection with purchasing goods and services. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. of all retail sales— the highest percentage yet.

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Study finds that replacing older, highly polluting school buses could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually

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million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. Applying their results nationwide, the researchers extrapolated that replacing all pre-2000 model school buses would lead to more than 1.3 Replacing all of the oldest, highly polluting school buses in the US could lead to 1.3

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Takata to plead guilty, pay $1B in criminal penalties for airbag scheme; 3 Takata execs indicted

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From at least in or around 2000, Takata knew that certain ammonium nitrate-based inflators were not performing to the specifications required by the auto manufacturers. According to the company’s admissions, in the late 1990s, Takata began developing airbag inflators that relied upon ammonium nitrate as their primary propellant.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Michigan Governor’s Gretchen Whitmer, for example, claimed that since she took office in 2019, 25,000 new auto jobs were added to the state through her leadership in leading “the future of mobility and electrification.” The state of Michigan has been the epicenter of the U.S. North Carolina has provided $1.2 billion to Rivian.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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“Public policy implementation is hard even if everyone supports a policy,” says University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has studied policy management and administration for decades. Equally, the state has long had a subsidy plan to help low-income residents buy EVs.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Department of Energy has purchased an F3DM to take the battery apart. The company went on to design and manufacture mobile-phone handsets and parts for Motorola ( MOT , Fortune 500 ), Nokia ( NOK ), Sony Ericsson, and Samsung.

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