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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco.

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FCA US reaches settlements on diesel emissions at estimated cost of $800M

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FCA US will conduct an emissions recall to update emission control software in an estimated 100,000 model-year 2014-2016 Ram 1500 pickups and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs equipped with 3.0-liter —Mark Chernoby, FCA Head of North American Safety and Regulatory Compliance. liter EcoDiesel V-6 engines.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat. She says that some Chilean legal and medical experts have raised concerns about turning broad principles into clear rules. Staff attorney. For example, she asks, “What does it mean to have psychic continuity?”

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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million annually in 2016 to $36.6 Although Google’s ultimate vision is autonomous vehicles that do not need a steering wheel or brakes, for legal compliance, these 25-mph prototypes will have both should a driver need to take over. From Shanghai to Singapore to Silicon Valley, you will see these services sooner than most forecast.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Liter Partial Consent Decree entered by the US District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 Background. Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter The supplement adds a sixth: Fresno.

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Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates

Cars That Think

In my article " A Father's Perspective About Daughters and Engineering ," published in 2016, I shared my frustration about the lack of role models and the cultural messages that had left my two brilliant daughters—and many of their female friends—with little interest in pursuing an engineering career. Is it personal?

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Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation

Baua Electric

In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization, an arm of the United Nations, adopted a standard calling for recorders capable of capturing the last 25 hours of audio on all new aircraft starting in 2021. Unfortunately, the legal statute that protects the privacy of the cockpit voice recorder only applies to N.T.S.B.,”

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