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Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. It’s critical that governments adopt and enforce WHO guidelines for air pollution immediately.

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Study finds in-car rush-hour exposure to some particulate pollution twice as high as previously thought

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2017

A new study, part of the Atlanta Commuter Exposures (ACE) Study, has assessed on-roadway in-cabin particulate pollution (PM 2.5 ) collected from scripted rush hour commutes on highways and on non-highway side streets. Some drivers took highway routes while others stuck to busy thoroughfares in downtown Atlanta.

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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

The project selections were approved as part of the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and supporting equipment and facilities. By retrofitting the garage to service electric buses, the agency will also lower pollution in the surrounding community.

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

In a state-by-state analysis, the researchers found that California suffers the worst health impacts from air pollution, with about 21,000 early deaths annually, mostly attributed to road transportation and to commercial and residential emissions from heating and cooking. 2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study.

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US Postal Service rolls out first EV charging stations

Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

The US Postal Service showed off its first EV charging stations at an event in Atlanta yesterday, with hundreds of new sorting and delivery centers set to open around the country this year.

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Charging Atlanta Ford Fleet

IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2023

I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta. Garcia is CEO of Urban Climate Nexus in Atlanta. Those who developed technologies that changed people’s lives were recognized at the 2023 Honor Ceremony in Atlanta. The hard part is figuring out what to do about it.” UCN assists U.S.

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Engine Atlanta Climate Change Climate

Meritor collaborating with Peterbilt on all-electric Class 8 trucks; selects UQM as supplier for e-axles

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

The deployment of 12 Peterbilt 579 trucks is being funded by the California Air Resources Board and a consortium of California’s regional air quality districts, including the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Air Quality Management District and San Diego Air Pollution Control District. UQM for e-axles.

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Peterbilt All-Electric San Diego Los Angeles

Erosion-resistant nanocoating for turbine blades saves fuel, lowers costs

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2012

The coating, developed by MDS Coating Technologies Corporation (MCT), and tested by researchers at NETL, protects the compressor blades of commercial aviation and industrial gas-turbine engines from erosion—saving fuel, cutting carbon emissions, reducing operational costs, and extending part life.

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Fuel Atlanta Maintenance Commercial

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Each state’s goal is different, because each state has a unique mix of emissions and power sources to plug in to each part of the formula. Cutting particle pollution, nitrogen NO x , and SO x by more than 25% as a co-benefit. EPA is only proposing goals for states with fossil fuel-fired power plants. Each estimate increases over time.

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2005 EPA Power Powered

How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

Her dissertation focused on developing methods to determine a baseline for concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere based on historical spatial-temporal measurements. As part of that effort, she installed and operated a receiving station to acquire and analyze data from the U.S. Then you are part of a community.”

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Production Columbus Illinois Universal

Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2021

Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association members take part in a Fourth of July parade in Eugene, Oregon. We were especially excited about the 4-wheelers because they’re used on farms all over the state and the gas vehicles are very noisy and air polluting.” “I A chapter in Oregon is guided by the genius of its members.

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Burma Oregon Climate Climate Change

First results from HEI/ACES murine study find few biologic effects from exposure to exhaust from new technology diesel engines

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2012

The study—a component of the Advanced Collaborative Engine Study (ACES)—is exposing rats and mice for 16 hours a day to emissions from a heavy duty diesel engine meeting 2007 US EPA standards that reduce emissions of fine particles and other pollutants by more than 90% from levels emitted by older engines.

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Exhaust Diesel Engine 2007

Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. The pickup truck, takes cab-forward packaging to an extreme, with no need for a large engine bay and the driver’s seat essentially over the front wheels. – March 10, Politico.

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Kia Honda Memphis Georgia

EV Driven

Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

Study finds in-car rush-hour exposure to some particulate pollution twice as high as previously thought

USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

US Postal Service rolls out first EV charging stations

IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

Meritor collaborating with Peterbilt on all-electric Class 8 trucks; selects UQM as supplier for e-axles

Erosion-resistant nanocoating for turbine blades saves fuel, lowers costs

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

Going with the talent flow

First results from HEI/ACES murine study find few biologic effects from exposure to exhaust from new technology diesel engines

Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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