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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2020
The California Air Resources Board released GHG emissions data for 2018 showing that emissions remain below 1990 levels but are effectively flat compared to 2017, while the economy grew by 4.3%. Total statewide 2018 GHG emissions were 425.3 million metric tons between 2017 and 2018, the first such decline since 2013.
Cars That Think
APRIL 11, 2023
Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years. Renewable systems don’t have the inertia in their systems to keep things spinning. This has allowed me to not only expand my professional horizons but also my personal horizons.
Cars That Think
MARCH 24, 2022
The professor is the recipient of this year’s IEEE John von Neumann Medal for “leadership in mobile and wireless sensing systems technologies and applications, including personal health management.” She says that when she renews her membership, she does so in honor of her mother. The award is sponsored by IBM.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Since 2000, electricity has been the only economic sector that has seen continuous and significant improvements in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 16, 2021
Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. Fourteen production aircraft were manufactured, but one was scrapped in 1994 and another crashed in 2000.). Everett Collection/Alamy.
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