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USTMA, The Ray & University of Missouri partner to assess knowledge on environmental impact, benefits of rubber-modified asphalt

Green Car Congress

The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), in partnership with The Ray, a nonprofit proving ground for sustainable transportation technologies, announced a research project to assess and compile existing research on the performance, environmental impacts and benefits of using ground tire rubber (GTR) in asphalt.

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California gas vehicle ban faces pushback from 17 states

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Louis Post-Dispatch , the Missouri State Attorney General, along with Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have sued to prevent CARB from banning new ICE vehicles after 2035. What do you think of the article?

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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

Cars That Think

In the United States, the Eva-Tone Company of Deerfield, Illinois became the leading manufacturer of vinyl “sound sheets” (their preferred trademark) by the mid-1960s and promoted their use in “mailing pieces, financial reports, product instruction, sales training, and packaging inserts.” Recordings were not limited to musical performances.

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LLNL 3D-printed foam outperforms standard materials

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At left, a traditional open-cell stochastic foam, and a right, an additively manufactured (AM) foam with the face-centered-tetragonal (FCT) lattice structure, the diameter of each cylindrical strut being 250 μm. Microstructures of two different foam materials. Source: LLNL. Click to enlarge. Resources. Lewicki, T. Weisgraber, E. Chinn, M.

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Study finds drone-based delivery could reduce GHG emissions and energy use in the transportation sector, if deployed sensibly

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The range of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) intensities of electricity in the US is represented by comparing results from low-carbon California to relatively high-carbon Missouri. The technique accounts for upstream impacts, such as emissions from manufacturing the batteries or refining oil into diesel fuel.

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Will a US tariff hike on Chinese EVs keep them out?

Baua Electric

Three Senate Democrats from car-manufacturing states on Thursday urged the Biden administration to increase tariffs on Chinese EVs, bringing bipartisan pressure to dissuade Chinese automakers from selling their products to the U.S. market,” which would “endanger the survival of the U.S. automobile industry as a whole.”

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