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Meritor collaborating with Peterbilt on all-electric Class 8 trucks; selects UQM as supplier for e-axles

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The deployment of 12 Peterbilt 579 trucks is being funded by the California Air Resources Board and a consortium of California’s regional air quality districts, including the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Air Quality Management District and San Diego Air Pollution Control District. UQM for e-axles.

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Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

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New research by George Mason University found that exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g. The study is published in the journal Environment International.

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Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

We were especially excited about the 4-wheelers because they’re used on farms all over the state and the gas vehicles are very noisy and air polluting.” “I Traveling to Atlanta to complete the training in early 2019, he met up with 2000 like-minded people from all over the world. I’m still trying to keep farmers excited about it.” “In

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Yale study finds that organic aerosols more complicated than previously thought

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Yale researchers have found that organic aerosols—a type of air pollution—are much more complicated than previous studies indicated. Collected over three weeks at each site in the summer, samples were taken from a forest in Michigan, and from urban environments in Atlanta and New York City. —Jenna Ditto, a Ph.D.