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Ford unveils Fusion Hybrid research vehicle for autonomous driving

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With these technologies and others that one day could allow a person to be driven to a destination, the driver always will need to be in control of the wheel if necessary. Personal vehicle ownership also will change as new business models develop. In the longer-term, vehicles will have fully autonomous navigation and parking.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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vehicles per 100 persons in 2018. vehicles per 100 persons. Landfill emissions are also emerging as a policy challenge, having risen every single year since 2004 in California, and shooting up 7.4% As landfills are burdened with an increasing amount of waste, landfill emissions have gone up every single year since 2004.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners.

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