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Waymo could face new legal barriers in its expansion to Los Angeles

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“For all de facto purposes, Waymo is becoming the Standard Oil of autonomous driving,” said Grayson Brulte, head of insights firm Road to Autonomy. The staff can either approve, deny or suspend the application, with the latter option offering the staff up to 120 extra days to review the proposal.

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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

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The European Parliament and the Council have reached provisional agreement on a regulation setting, for the first time in the EU, strict CO 2 emission standards for trucks. The deal follows an agreement reached in December on new CO 2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020. —Erik Jonnaert.

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EPA tightens national annual PM2.5 standard to 12 µg/m3

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In response to a court order, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized an update to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ), including soot, setting the annual health (primary) standard at 12 µg/m 3. This includes an annual standard of 15.0 ?g/m standard of 35?

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EU-funded project Recirculate seeks to create new business models for repair, reuse, and recycling of second-life batteries

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The list of participating companies includes: Automotive OEM Ford Otosan will provide different batteries to enable demonstration of automatic disassembly and will be involved in the development of a standardized battery labeling system.

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Engine products group files legal challenge to EPAs partial waiver for E15

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While all members of the EPG have and continue to support the development and use of safe and sustainable alternative fuels, the action EPA has taken to permit E-15 to be sold as a legal fuel, even if limited only to certain products, will have adverse consequences for the environment and consumers.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

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But the Alfa continued to offer lively acceleration beyond speeds that would be deemed legally acceptable. Wireless Apple CarPlay, wireless Android Auto and wireless charging are all standard. It’s very satisfying and makes the car enjoyable to drive at just about any speed. My expressway time was limited. over my phone. over my phone.

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New Study Suggests Sustainability Principles for California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) earlier this year ( earlier post ) requires a 10% reduction in the average greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of the state’s transportation fuels by 2020. It also reviews the sustainability principles and criteria (Version 0.5) or Version 1.0

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