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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. The authors acknowledge funding from Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E.

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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Evolution of taxi drivers, PHV drivers (England), and Uber drivers (London) compared to taxi and PHV CO 2 emissions (UK). In France, which liberalized the taxi market in 2015, the number of reported PHV drivers doubled in three years (from more than 15,000 in 2016 to 30,000 in 2019). million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7

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SEC charges Volkswagen AG, former CEO Winterkorn with defrauding bond investors during emissions fraud

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By concealing the emissions scheme, Volkswagen reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in benefit by issuing the securities at more attractive rates for the company, according to the complaint. filed March 14, 2019). The litigation is being led by Daniel Hayes. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nº 19-cv-01391 (N.D.

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Ford’s redesigned Transit Connect Wagon gets 1.5L EcoBlue diesel option in US

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Ford unveiled the redesigned Transit Connect Wagon at the Chicago Auto Show. l/100 km) highway; final EPA 2019 Transit Connect Wagon 1.5-liter liter EcoBlue diesel engine fuel economy estimates are expected in early 2019. l/100 km) highway; final EPA 2019 Transit Connect Wagon 1.5-liter Ford is targeting the 1.5L

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EPIC-UCAS Joint Center awards six grants for energy and environmental research in China

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The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) announced the first research grants from the EPIC-UCAS Joint Center for Energy Policy Research in China.

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ECONAMIQ: Flexible over-expansion with cylinder deactivation can reduce ICE fuel consumption by up to 20%

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Source: de Jong (2019), ECONAMIQ. The company presented its first results at the annual ASME ICEF (Internal Combustion Engine Fall) conference in Chicago. —de Jong (2019). de Jong (2019). ECONAMIQ expects the technology to be implemented in several vehicles in the upcoming years. US20190153912A1 : Combustion engine.

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UB study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, artery wall thickness

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Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; and Los Angeles. The EPA reports that particulate matter concentrations have decreased across the nation as efforts are made to reduce vehicle emissions and use clean energy. Participants were enrolled in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and have been followed for more than a decade.

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