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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area. The five leading electric vehicle markets by volume, representing nearly half of all US electric vehicle sales, each had at least 24 available electric vehicle models in 2016. New vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive.) Source: The ICCT.

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Geographers provide new insight into commuter megaregions of the US

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The findings appear in an open-access paper in PLOS One and shed light on an old geographic problem: how to divide space into coherent unit areas. Dash Nelson G, Rae A (2016) “An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions.” The algorithm is able to make judgement calls that one cannot make with a map.

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