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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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MECA emissions inventory & air quality modeling shows potential benefits of national cleaner trucks initiative at CARB limits

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MECA estimated the cost effectiveness of these mobile source NO x reductions to be in the range of $1,000 to $5,000 per ton of NOx reduced. Finally, the technical work at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has demonstrated the feasibility of achieving the assumed limits modeled in this work.

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Gas prices due to drop in 2024, as EVs plug into cleaner energy

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The cost of gasoline and the carbon footprint of EVs could both fall in the new year. Solar panels on a Walmart store While drivers of gasoline cars may be in for some relief, it’s unclear if that will also be the case for EV drivers. Electricity price hikes continued through 2023 and soured the home-charging experience somewhat.

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CNG becomes cheaper in Mumbai. How much it costs in other metro cities?

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This latest price cut comes after a dip in gas input costs. With this price cut, at the current cost, CNG offers 53 per cent savings to the vehicle owners compared to petrol and 22 per cent savings compared to diesel in their current price levels in the financial capital. Petrol in Mumbai currently costs ₹ 106.3

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EVs will drive long-term electricity cost down, studies suggest

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These studies describe a shift to a higher, but better-distributed electricity load that makes better use of infrastructure and thus more consistently covers the costs of generation. billion more in revenue than the associated cost,” which drove down rates for all utility customers. That means lower prices per kwh. And in a Dec.

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California Governor orders all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be ZEVS by 2035; medium-and heavy duty trucks by 2045

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Following the order, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will develop regulations to mandate that 100% of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks are zero-emission by 2035—a target which would achieve more than a 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and an 80% improvement in NO x emissions from cars statewide.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. This added risk wouldn’t apply if everyone drove cars of similar heft. If US residents who switched to SUVs over the past 20 years had stuck with smaller cars, more than 1,000 pedestrian deaths might have been averted, according to one study. Shaffer et al.

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