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Renault-Nissan Alliance Participates in Hakone EV Town Project

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Led by Kanagawa Prefecture, which is actively promoting the widespread adoption of electric vehicles, the project will be launched to realize “Environmentally-advanced Tourist Site: Hakone” which achieves both protection of natural environment and promotion of tourism, and to expand the EV use in Hakone area.

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EPA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions from Leaded Aviation Gasoline, Seeks Public Comment

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The total lead inventory for 2008 will be available in 2010. Aviation gasoline is utilized in general aviation aircraft with piston engines—which are generally used for instructional flying, air taxi activities, and personal transportation. The increasing contribution of lead from avgas to the total inventory of lead emissions.

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IBM automotive study sees consumer co-creation, greater personalized driving, but not widespread fully autonomous driving by 2025

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A significant increase from “Auto 2020,” a combination of focus on safety (such as preventing digital distraction), autonomous driving, retail channel disruption and new mobility (for example, taxi services) is leading governments to develop positions that affect industry participants. Personal mobility.

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Manhattan Beach, The South Bay’s Greenest City

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So it was an easy yes for me when Sona Kalapura, the Environmental Programs Manager for Manhattan Beach, invited me to attend 2008’s final meeting of the Manhattan Beach Environmental Task Force held just one week before Christmas. Both the City Police and Fire chiefs are now driving city owned alternative fuel vehicles.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Cervero believes that VMT (vehicle miles traveled—the number of miles you drive in your car each year), needs to decrease to have a more sustainable environment and he believes Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a way to achieve this goal in a way that people can embrace. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. percent of all cars in New York City are electric, which the PlaNYC study suggests is possible, the city’s carbon emissions would be reduced by approximately 170,000 metric tons per year from 2008 levels. If by 2015, 2.5 That represents only 1.43

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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The project will include 15 Nissan cars, 10 Smith electric taxis, five Smith people carriers, a Smith executive minibus, two AVID saloon cars and two Liberty urban Range Rovers, alongside a network of charging points. The trial will evaluate the technical and social aspects of living with an all-electric vehicle in a real world environment.

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