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What Parents Should Know About NHTSA's New Car Seat Guidelines

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Photo credit: TierneyMJ / Shutterstock.com The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recently updated its regulations for child car seats, aiming to enhance the safety and usability of these essential devices. Stricter requirements for registering car seats to improve recall compliance.

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EU adds e-fuels loophole to 2035 ICE ban, EV charging guidelines

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The European Union in Tuesday approved plans to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars in member countries by 2035, after Germany successfully fought for a loophole for vehicles burning e-fuels.

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UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

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Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution—six or more times higher than international guidelines set by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO)— according to a new UNICEF report.

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US Department of Transportation proposes ‘distraction’ guidelines for automakers for in-vehicle electronic devices

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. The Phase I proposed guidelines cover certain devices installed in vehicles as original equipment that are operated by the. Risk odds ratios above 1.00 ratios below 1.00

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EPA proposes new pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants

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The proposal for coal and new natural gas power plants would avoid up to 617 million metric tons of total CO 2 through 2042—equivalent to reducing the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles, roughly half the cars in the United States.

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BMDV providing €20M to support fleet electrification and infrastructure

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The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is investing a further €20 million in the procurement of vehicles for fleets and the development of charging infrastructure as part of its electromobility funding guideline. million electric cars on the road in Germany. At the end of last year there was a total of around 1.23

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Polestar reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by 6% per car in 2021

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In 2021, Polestar reduced greenhouse gas-emissions per car sold by 6% through its focus on increased efficiency and use of renewable energy. Polestar is targeting a truly climate-neutral car by 2030; to halve carbon emissions per sold car between 2020 and 2030; and to reach climate neutrality across its value chain by 2040.

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