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Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

The Truth About Cars

Last week, a federal judge refused to have the courts reexamine a gaggle of class action lawsuits claiming automotive manufacturers had violated Washington State's privacy laws after allegations that on-board infotainment systems were recording customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.

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Foraging on Public Lands Is Becoming More Limited

Baua Electric

Although most national parks ban commercial foraging, about three-fourths allow people to explore and collect their favorite crops for personal use. Individual parks set limits each year, some like Death Valley in California and Nevada restrict the collection of foods like nuts and berries to a quart a day, and only for personal consumption.

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Rivian Guides reaching out to R1T reservation holders to prepare for July deliveries

Teslarati

Rivian R1T reservation holder AdamL , located in Seattle, was one of the first who shared his email from a Rivian Guide. Some other Rivian reservation holders located in Washington also received emails from their Guides. Last week, Rivian announced that R1T deliveries would start in July.

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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

Green Car Congress

There has been little recent research into the emission durability of these new fleets, and in this paper, we examine some recent and historical emission data from the Seattle and Chicago area to obtain a picture of how current livery vehicle emissions compare to the rest of the fleet and examine their importance to fleet emissions.

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Shelling out Real Money

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I ordered a Warp9 motor from Carlo at EV-supply in Seattle. I had the privilege of showing off the Porsche 914 at the kick-off meeting for the EV club in Longview, Washington. I've started to order parts over the past few days since lead times are getting larger these days with the demand.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For her car sharing had subcategories of: Car sharing is expanding our mobility Roundtrip One-Way Personal Vehicle Sharing (which can include fractional ownership models) Then there’s scooter sharing and bike sharing (also with subcategories of public, closed campus and peer-to-peer [P2P]).

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through public ride and drives for a wide variety of PEVs and short term extended test drives in key markets throughout Oregon and Washington. University of Washington, Seattle. Drive Oregon. Plug In America. Marathon Technical Services USA Inc.

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