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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Nissan and Ecotricity said the new UK Government should take action and raise awareness of the UK’s EV infrastructure by introducing universal symbols that can be used to designate the different types of EV charging points available on Britain’s roadways, notably standard and rapid chargers.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Authors of the paper are Rathin Datta, cellulosic ethanol company Coskata’s chief scientific officer; Mark Maher, executive director, powertrain/vehicle integration, GM Powertrain; Coleman Jones, GM biofuels implementation manager; and Richard Brinker, Dean and Professor of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

p> Highway deaths in the US increased to 33,561 in 2012—1,082 more (3.3%) than in 2011, according to the 2012 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Americans drove approximately the same amount of miles in 2012 as in the previous year. over 2011).

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MARCH 22, 2010

The vehicle is capable of up to 20 miles of all-electric range. More than 21 Chrysler Group partners across the US, including utility companies, government agencies and Universities will independently test the Ram PHEV and provide valuable data for the advancement of the technology. The Ram PHEV features Chrysler Group’s 5.7-liter

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

million Green Flight Challenge , scheduled for 2011 in San Francisco ( earlier post ), with its Hydrogenius fuel-cell aircraft being built there; the aircraft is to be equipped with Li-ion batteries for this competition. The Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB) at Universität Stuttgart is entering NASA’s $1.5 We’re going to America to win.

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JULY 29, 2013

The findings from two recent studies by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute together suggest that the US now has—per person, per driver, and per household—fewer light-duty vehicles and that they are driven less than a decade ago. In the newer study, “ Has Motorization In The U.S.

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JULY 9, 2018

A team at Arizona State University has analyzed the five-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for representative electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles—the Nissan Leaf (BEV), Toyota Prius (HEV), and Toyota Corolla (ICEV)—in 14 US cities from 2011 to 2015. —Breetz and Salon.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Strong utilization on the campuses of UC Davis and California State University - Sacramento has led to consumer and business demand in the city, making it possible for Zipcar to invest in Sacramento and make it our 26 th metro market. Zipcar also brought cars to the State Capitol, City Hall and midtown areas in March of 2011.

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JULY 9, 2018

A team at Arizona State University has analyzed the five-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for representative electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles—the Nissan Leaf (BEV), Toyota Prius (HEV), and Toyota Corolla (ICEV)—in 14 US cities from 2011 to 2015. —Breetz and Salon.

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MAY 18, 2014

Maximum speed is 145 km/h (90 mph) and expected range is 200 km (124 miles) in the city; 110 km (68 miles) on the highway; and 140 km (87 miles) combined. After two years of development and research, LGN, now Bultaco Motors, participated in the 1 st World Electrical Motorcycle Championship organized by FIM in 2011.

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JANUARY 21, 2012

Honda unveiled the 2013 Fit EV at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show and announced plans to begin leasing the 123 city-mile per charge (76 mile range combined adjusted city/highway battery-electric commuter vehicle to its US customers in the summer of 2012. and Stanford University, in addition to the City of Torrance, California.

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JULY 24, 2012

The University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2012 American Solar Challenge (ASC) with its car Quantum, snagging a fourth consecutive ASC title, and also breaking the record the team set in 2008. Final time for the 1,650-mile (2,655 km) competition was 44:36:21—10 hours and 18 minutes ahead of second-place Iowa State.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Barrett and his colleagues developed such tools, drawing on fundamental work by Daven Henze at the University of Colorado at Boulder, to track how every state in the contiguous US affects pollution and health outcomes in every other state. They first obtained emissions data from each of seven sectors for the years 2005, 2011, and 2018.

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APRIL 29, 2014

A study by a pair of researchers at Northwestern University found that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to switch from ethanol to gasoline in their flexible-fuel vehicles, local ozone levels dropped 20%. At the same time, nitric oxide and carbon monoxide concentrations tended to go up. 3 , respectively, being 2.7

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JANUARY 12, 2013

According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) Compared to EVs, CNGVs have very limited benefit in the reduction of GHG emissions, no more than 10% in most provinces; CNGVs might even increase such emission in eastern provinces that obtain NG from thousands of miles away. Credit: ACS, Huo et al.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Researchers from the University of Iowa report the initial results of a 2-year field study evaluating the technical feasibility and user acceptance of mileage-based charging as a potential replacement for the current motor fuel tax in a paper in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. million km).

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

per vehicle mile traveled. The study by a team from Carnegie Mellon and Arizona State Universities based its estimates on county-specific external air emission morbidity, mortality, and environmental costs. Weber (2011) Costs of Automobile Air Emissions in US Metropolitan Areas. These external costs average US$0.64

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AUGUST 25, 2011

million miles of real-world hybrid and electric vehicle data, we were extremely well placed to develop more efficient, robust supply chain components. Ashwoods developed the new product portfolio through a program part-funded by the Technology Strategy Board, in which it also collaborated with leading universities.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Co-authors on the study are David Lobell of the Program for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University; Gregory Asner and Christopher Field of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology; and Qiaozhen Mu of the University of Montana. Field (2011) Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil.

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JUNE 24, 2011

Comparing the results from 2010 and 2011 shows that American public opinion about the taxes polled has changed little in the past year. The 2011 survey found Americans just as willing to. per mile and a $0.10 included in a 2010 survey. support tax increases for transportation as they were in 2010. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

In early 2011, data from the US demonstration programs will be posted on [link]. As the vehicles gather miles, data such as fuel economy, miles driven, charging times and additional content will be viewable online. For longer distances, the PHV reverts to its hybrid mode, operating as a regular Prius.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

11,900 cubic kilometers (2,855 cubic miles). Polar Observation and Modelling at University College London (UCL). While two years of CryoSat-2 data aren’t indicative of a long-term change, the lower ice thickness and volume in February and March 2012, compared with same period in 2011, may have contributed to the record.

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MARCH 25, 2011

Helly, director of the Laboratory for Environmental and Earth Sciences with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Kaufmann, associate professor of marine science and environmental studies at the University of San Diego and one of the authors of the paper.

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JUNE 3, 2017

In a new study, a team from UCLA, with colleagues from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and West Virginia University, measured total particle number emission factors (PNEFs) from six newly certified heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) powered by diesel and CNG totaling over 6,800 miles of on-road operation in California.

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MAY 28, 2014

The DELIVER (Design of Electric LIght Vans for Environment-impact Reduction) project started in November 2011 with the goal of reducing the environmental impact in urban areas by 40%, along with delivering optimized ergonomics and loading space at affordable costs.

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JULY 25, 2012

Michalek, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and his colleagues Mikhail Chester, an assistant professor at Arizona State University; and Constantine Samaras, an engineer at the RAND Corporation. The Chevrolet Volt with a 16 kWh pack and ~35 mile electric range receives a $7,500 credit. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 3, 2014

The 21,500 tonne hull was launched in 2010, although construction work was frozen in mid-2011 amid bankruptcy proceedings against the shipyard. A floating platform several miles offshore, moored in about 100 meters of water, would be unaffected by the motions of a tsunami; earthquakes would have no direct effect at all.

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JULY 31, 2009

The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon. The competition is scheduled for July 2011 at the Charles M. The prize for the aircraft with the best performance is $1.5

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The big-Mercury universe for 1964 included the top-grade Park Lane , the mid-level Montclair and the might-as-well-be-a-Ford-Galaxie Monterey. Built in Missouri, probably shipped to Colorado by train, then sold new in Greeley, located about 60 miles north of Denver and the site of a famous Utopian community during the late 19th century.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. (a) Cross-sectional SEM image of an MnO 2 cathode. (b) b) Lithiated MnO 2 cathode.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Public funding.

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JUNE 30, 2011

If a family buys a fuel-efficient vehicle but chooses to drive more miles than they previously did, there is no gain for the environment. Howard, professor of psychology, University of Notre Dame. 2011) Human behavioral contributions to climate change: Psychological and contextual drivers. Swim, Janet K.;

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The Fit EV will achieve an estimated 100-mile ()161 km) driving range per charge using the US LA4 city cycle (70 miles (113 km) when applying EPA’s adjustment factor). Driving range can be maximized by use of a 3-mode electric drive system, adapted from the 2011 Honda CR-Z sport hybrid. hours using a 240-volt outlet.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Seth Lyman, now with Utah State University’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory, is lead author of a paper documenting the research published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Daniel Jaffe, a science and technology professor at University of Washington Bothell, is coauthor of the paper. Lyman & Daniel A.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

A new, University of Georgia-led study—the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge— found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean. Samantha B. Joye, Ian R.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, —Lester Lave, University Professor and Higgins Professor of Economics at CMU’s Tepper School of Business. But that’s only one element of the equation. Elisabeth A.

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