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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

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Both types will be able to cover a distance of dozens of kilometers in zero-emission mode without the use of a pantograph. This will support a zero-emission ride of around 15-20 kilometers without connection to traction. Gdynia was the buyer of the first trolleybus produced by Solaris in 2000. —Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spycha?a,

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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SNDi for streets added years 2000 to 2014. emissions for a century or more. Past research has shown that the increased accessibility offered by gridded street networks makes walking, cycling and the use of public transit much simpler while cul-de-sacs tend to encourage the use of personal motorized vehicles. 1905232116.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

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These cars are becoming difficult to find in the Ewe Pullets of the land, and I hadn't written about a true K in the Junkyard Finds series since way back in 2019. My personal K-Car experience hasn't been as positive. Today, we'll look at a K sedan that survived 36 years before being retired in California. liter Chrysler.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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The Low VMT case assumes an environment in which travel choices made by drivers result in lower demand for personal vehicle travel, consistent with the recent trend. This results in total transportation sector CO 2 emissions roughly 9% lower than in the Reference case. LDV CO 2 emissions in the three AEO2014 cases.

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Union College Partners with EV Connect to Provide EV Charging for Faculty, Staff, and Students

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As electric vehicle adoption soars and students across the country return to in-person learning, Union College, seeks to have their nine new (mid-2019) dual port EV charging stations around campus continue to be utilized by faculty, staff and student EV drivers.

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

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Driverless cars are poised to decongest personal car traffic, shrink our eco footprint, free up parking spaces and reduce the frequency of collisions by about 90%. So, how do we bridge the gap between the personalized travel experience offered by the private car, and the compromise of a fixed-route system of mass transit?

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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California will meet its 2030 climate targets more than three decades late, in 2061, and could be more than 100 years late in meeting its 2050 target if the average rate of emissions reductions from the past year hold steady, according to a new study tracking more than a decade of environmental and economic indicators in the state.