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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. Determining effective strategies for mitigating surface ozone (O 3 ) pollution requires knowledge of the relative ambient concentrations of its precursors, NO x , and VOCs. Murray, L. Lamsal, L. Duncan, B., … Tonnesen, G.

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Ricardo demos real-world driving emissions testing at Air Quality show

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Ricardo launched its vehicle emission measurement service in April 2017. This data promises to play an important role in providing cities and local authorities with the insight they need to develop Clean Air Zones and other air pollution mitigation measures.

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Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. results indicate that traffic is the dominating source of BC and particulate air pollution in the metropolitan area of La Paz/El Alto. Therefore, air pollution in this region has a particularly strong impact on the atmosphere and the global climate.

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Indian ride-sharing company Ola to put 10,000 EVs on the road in 12 months, 1M by 2021

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It also represents an immediate opportunity to improve outcomes for all stakeholders while reducing pollution across towns and cities. Ola launched its first electric vehicle project in Nagpur on 26 May 2017. The EV program in Nagpur has provided Ola with insights into effectively managing vehicles, batteries, and operations.

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Sandia, TUD optical diagnostic helps reduce emissions while improving fuel economy

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A team of researchers at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility and the Technical University of Denmark have developed an optical setup for quantitative, high-temporal resolution line-of-sight extinction imaging in harsh optical environments. Skeen (2017) “Diffuse back-illumination setup for high temporally resolved extinction imaging,” Appl.

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INRIX analysis identifies top 10 US cities for highly autonomous vehicles; prioritizing corridors for deployment

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billion trips—in and around the top 50 US cities by population and reported the findings is a new study: INRIX Autonomous Vehicles City Study 2017. In these environments, the upside of electric drivetrains is maximized while range and charging infrastructure limitations are minimized.

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Berkeley Lab researchers launch projects to apply AI to optimize traffic and reduce pollution

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Flow was launched in 2017 and released to the public in September; the benchmarks are being released this month. In order to be reliable, those models need to have good inventories of what’s entering the environment, such as emissions from vehicles and power plants. And we can improve it even further with our algorithms.

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