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What Are the Environmental Impacts of Tires

Clean Fleet Report

What Are the Environmental Impacts of Tires Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® Dear EarthTalk : What happens to all the rubber waste that wears off tires as cars and trucks roll down the road? Is it bad for the environment? See more at E Magazine. — Jack C., In total, more than 1.5

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The Path Towards Digitalization and the Future

Cars That Think

That way, engineers don’t need to waste time on the shopfloor or in a test center as they’ve done previously, with the “trial and error” method. This can be achieved with a competent digital team that is both in-tune with the current technology and how to implement it in a particular environment. One is the integrity of the network.

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When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler?

Clean Fleet Report

EVs also benefit the environment by eliminating tailpipe emissions and having better fuel economies than gasoline-powered cars. While much is being done to address this issue, it remains a significant contributor to toxic waste. See more at E Magazine. Most batteries aren’t even designed to be recycled.

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MIT/CalTrans study finds pavement-vehicle interaction accounts for 1% of overall fuel consumption on California highways

Green Car Congress

dissipating energy due to deformation of the pavement structure)—results in wasted fuel because the dissipated energy does not contribute to the vehicle’s forward movement. Deflection-induced PVI—which results from a vehicle overcoming a resisting force (i.e.

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Startup Makes It Easier to Detect Fires With IoT and Flir Cameras

Cars That Think

Fires at recycling sorting facilities, ignited by combustible materials in the waste stream, can cause millions of dollars in damage, injuring workers and first responders and contaminating the air. MIO won the 2016 Innovators Award for industry-best product from Vision Systems Design magazine. Startup MoviTHERM aims to do that.

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What are some New Year’s Resolutions I can make to help the environment?

Clean Fleet Report

Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® What are some New Year’s Resolutions I can make to help the environment? Commit to reducing waste by embracing practices like reusing, repurposing and recycling. See more at E Magazine. The post What are some New Year’s Resolutions I can make to help the environment?

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. Besides all the damage to Hermosa’s health, environment, safety and quality of life the drilling for oil in their 1.4