article thumbnail

Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

The Memorandum of Understanding commits both governments to work together on developing their respective regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles, such as those currently in effect in Canada, California and the 13 US states that have adopted California’s standards.

Cleaner 255
article thumbnail

GHSA: absent traffic jams, many drivers getting more reckless

Green Car Congress

In Los Angeles, speeds are up by as much as 30% on some streets, prompting changes to traffic lights and pedestrian walk signals. In Massachusetts, the fatality rate for car crashes is rising, and in Nevada and Rhode Island, state officials note pedestrian fatalities are rising.

article thumbnail

States with the highest and lowest truck traffic on interstate highways

Green Car Congress

The calculations combined the percentages of vehicle distances traveled by single-unit trucks and combination trucks (but not light trucks) published by the Federal Highway Administration. The data are for 2019. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. New Jersey. New Jersey. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. New Hampshire.

article thumbnail

California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

Green Car Congress

Its goal was and is to reduce the environmental impact of light-duty vehicles through the gradual introduction of ZEVs into the California fleet. Currently, nine states have done so: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Background. ZEV credit level by type.

2018 257
article thumbnail

The Story Behind Pixar’s RenderMan CGI Software

Cars That Think

It randomly picks points —which eliminates jaggies and the interference of light. They appear at an object’s edges, mirror reflection, and the bending of light rays when they pass through transparent substances such as glass or water. Generate shadows only in the direction of the light source. Noise patterns appeared, however.

Utah 107
article thumbnail

Tesla Model Y from Giga Texas is just one EPA approval away from first deliveries

Teslarati

“Prior to offering a vehicle for sale, all carlines in the Light-duty sector must be certified and Fuel Economy test data representing each model type must be submitted to EPA,” the EPA said to Teslarat i in a statement. ” What were the changes Tesla made exactly? 4680 Battery Cell.

Texas 100