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Ford focusing NA growth plans on “super segment”

Green Car Congress

Ford’s plan for growth in North America is focused on four key vehicle segments (subcompact, compact cars, small utility vehicles and midsize); what Ford is now calling the super segment. Since 2009, 38% of Ford’s growth has come from vehicles in this super segment, which includes Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Escape.

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Santa Monica signs 5-year deal with Clean Energy for renewable LNG for bus fleet; deploying CWI Near-Zero NOx engine

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The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. The chart shows that latest version of California Air Resources Board (ARB) LCFS pathway certified carbon intensities, with electricity and Bio-LNG (i.e., Earlier post.).

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Study finds urban waste heat affects temperatures across thousands of miles, warming some areas and cooling others

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degrees Fahrenheit), according to the research by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Florida State University; and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. K in mid- and high-latitudes in winter and autumn over North America and Eurasia.

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Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? Listen For Yourself

Cars That Think

Other operators in South America, Africa, and Europe also reported hearing the signal, and triangulation software that anyone with a web browser can try placed the source of the signals as emanating from Cuba. Valladres explains he escaped from Cuba to the United States in a raft in 2005.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

The Levante Hybrid is not available in the United States or Canada, but in select countries outside of North America. The Maserati Levante Trofeo is unique, even in Southern California, where every luxury car sold runs free on the highways and can be found in the most exclusive neighborhoods. The fire-breathing heart of the Trofeo.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

I was in Carson California last month at their City Council meeting to speak on behalf of the resolution I asked them to pass to approve participating in a feasibility study on community choice aggregation (CCA). . Carson was the sixth city to have our resolution on their agenda, the five others having already passed it.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

” They have suggested, however, that around “two-thirds” of the the 30 vehicles would be available in the North America. 4, Hyundai IONIQ 5, Audi Q4 e-tron, Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV, Ford Escape PHEV, and Lincoln Corsair PHEV have either become available or likely will be in 2021.

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