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BMW providing 10 pre-owned i3 EVs to UC Davis for 18 months

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BMW is providing the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis with ten battery-electric, BMW i3 models for 18 months. Eight of the pre-owned vehicles will be available soon for UC Davis faculty and staff to rent through the campus’s UC Drive program, which is managed by the Fleet Services department.

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ITS-Davis director Dan Sperling to chair US Transportation Research Board

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Dan Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, and member of the California Air Resources Board, has been appointed the 2015 chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Executive Committee, which provides independent scientific advice to the nation on transportation issues.

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EVs dominate list of efficient cars in ORNL 2022 Fuel Economy Guide

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The fueleconomy.gov site is DOE’s most-visited, attracting more than 30 million user sessions in Model Year 2021—more than any year since 2015. Fuel economy for many conventional gasoline-fueled vehicles also continues to rise, according to Stacy Davis, who leads the fueleconomy.gov and Fuel Economy Guide projects at ORNL.

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Rio Tinto and ARENA to study hydrogen calcination to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refining

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Klett and Perander (2015). In a 2017 open-access paper exploring the use of concentrated solar thermal (CST) radiation for alumina calcination, Davis et al. Dominic Davis, Fabian Müller, Woei L. 2015) “Alumina Calcination: A Mature Technology Under Review from Supplier Perspective.” eds) Light Metals 2015.

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Oil price tumbles after OPEC releases 2015 forecast

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The demand for oil in 2015 will drop to its lowest level since 2002 because of an oversupply of crude and stagnant economies in China and Europe, according to OPEC’s latest forecast. And the cartel’s next meeting to discuss production levels isn’t scheduled until June 5, 2015. by Andy Tully of Oilprice.com. million barrels to 377.4

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UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts. Mueller, N.D.,

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TDK company TPI and Uhnder to deliver world-class localization with digital imaging radar for autonomous platforms

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Launched in 2015 by Manju Hegde and Curtis Davis, Uhnder is the only pure-play radar supplier delivering both digital radar chips and systems. —Chris Goodall, Managing Director of TPI. TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of TDK, participated in Uhnder’s recent Series C funding round.

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