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ICCT quantifies the EV charging infrastructure gap across US markets

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In a new white paper , the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has quantified the gap in charging infrastructure across the 100 most populous US metropolitan areas in the US to power more than 3 million expected electric vehicles by 2025.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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A new white paper from a team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses the growing US electric vehicle market and the factors that are driving it, with a focus on the 50 most populous US metropolitan areas. —Slowik and Lutsey (2017). —Slowik and Lutsey (2017). cities ”.

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Daimler AG and BMW Group launch long-term development cooperation for automated driving

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Along with Aptiv, Audi, Baidu, Continental, Fiat Chrysler, HERE, Infineon, Intel and Volkswagen, the BMW Group and Daimler have published a white paper entitled Safety First for Automated Driving (SaFAD). Safety First for Automated Driving. Earlier post.)

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EC backing away from mandating reduction in carbon intensity of transportation fuels after 2020

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The 10% reduction target comprises: a 6% reduction in the greenhouse gas intensity of fuels by 2020, with intermediate indicative targets of 2% by 2014 and 4% by 2017; an additional 2% reduction subject to developments in new technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS); and.

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BIO Calls for Policies to Nurture BioBased Chemicals and Plastics Industry in US

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In a newly released white paper, “Biobased Chemicals and Products: A New Driver of US Economic Development and Green Jobs”, BIO notes that, once a primary source of US export earnings, the chemicals and plastics industry began to erode during the 1980s as oil-rich countries began to aggressively invest in their own petroleum-derivative industries.

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EU publishes new common noise assessment methods

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Member States will have to start using the new methods for the next round of EU-wide strategic noise mapping in 2017. According to the European Commission’s 2011 White Paper on Transport, traffic noise-related external costs will be €20 billion (US$26.2 billion) per year, equivalent to 0.35% of the EU’s GDP.

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ICCT: New RDE regulations not enough to control diesel car NOx fully; additional actions required

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Real-world NO x emissions from new diesel cars could still exceed the Euro 6 emission limit of 80 mg/km by a factor of three or more, even after the new Real-Driving Emissions (RDE) regulation takes effect, according to a new white paper released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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