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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. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Mohan et al.

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Scrappage Policy in India: Will It Boost EV Adoption?

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Since the second part of 2019, the Indian car industry has been in turmoil. Scrapping inoperable automobiles is also good for the environment. Vehicles that are over 15 years old in commercial use and over 20 years old in personal use will be eligible for scrapping. The Vehicle Scrappage Policy’s Highlights.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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The Low VMT case assumes an environment in which travel choices made by drivers result in lower demand for personal vehicle travel, consistent with the recent trend. Income, fuel prices, the costs of purchasing a vehicle, and other vehicle operating costs also all influence the extent to which an individual can afford LDV travel.

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Labrador Addresses Critical Need With Deceptively Simple Home Robot

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When we spoke to Labrador co-founder Mike Dooley back in October of 2019 , here’s how he described the (still then secret) robot that he was working on: One of the core features of our robot is to help people move things where they have difficulty moving themselves, particularly in the home setting. Autonomy is fairly straightforward.

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Smokey the AI

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And this was on top of a 2018 fire season that burned more than 700,000 hectares of land in California, and a 2019-to-2020 wildfire season in Australia that torched nearly 18 million hectares. Since we began our pilots in December of 2019, we have analyzed about 3,500 electrical towers. AI isn't just good for analyzing images.

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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

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The customizable settings use the functions of the climate control system, the seat settings of heat, ventilation and massage, lighting and music to enable a wellness environment tailored to the mood and need of the passengers. There are also near-ear speakers in the front seats that can be personalized. Road Test: 2019 BMW 745e PHEV.

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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

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The state funded the two studies through the 2019 Budget Act. The UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy coordinated the report’s policy management, and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change led the study’s equity and environmental justice research. The policy analysis was conducted in four subsectors.