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CU Denver study finds ride-hailing increases vehicle miles traveled

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increase in the miles cars travel for ride-hailing passengers in Denver’s metro area, according to a study published this week in the journal Transportation by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver. Lead author and CU Denver civil engineering Ph.D. Ride-hailing accounts for approximately an 83.5% Marshall, W.E.

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TRUE US database shows emissions characteristics of US fleet

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To complement its work on real-world emissions in Europe, TRUE has compiled remote sensing data from the states of Colorado and Virginia and the University of Denver to investigate the emissions of US light-duty vehicles. By 2018, the percentage of the fleet responsible for 50% of total NO emissions had decreased to 11%.

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BYD unveils North America’s largest electric bus factory; capacity for up to 1,500 vehicles annually

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BYD is currently producing an additional 300 buses based on current customer orders and has options for more than 300 additional electric bus purchases.

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In-use measurements of NOx and particulates trends for heavy-duty vehicles in California

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A team at the University of Denver has measured the emissions from two in-use California heavy-duty truck fleets—at the Port of Los Angeles and the Cottonwood weigh station in Northern California—using the On-Road Heavy-Duty Measurement System in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Credit: ACS, Haugen and Bishop (2018). 8b00621.

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A Serial Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned on His Road to Success

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His most recent venture, Insent , was a business-to-business chat platform based in Denver; it was acquired last year by software and data company ZoomInfo of Vancouver, Wash. FullContact , a software company in Denver, acquired Profoundis nine months later. “It But he says he didn’t really enjoy working for another company. “I

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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My own media darling of a hand, the iLimb from Ottobock, which I received in 2018, has a fist-shaped power grip, pinching grips, and one very specific mode with thumb on top of index finger for politely handing over a credit card. Nearly every university robotics department Spiers visits has an anthropomorphic robot hand in development.