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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

Green Car Congress

exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. The study exposed laboratory rats 80 hours a week, for up to 30 months, to emissions from a heavy-duty diesel engine meeting 2007 US EPA standards using new filters and other control technology.

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Fast, Efficient Neural Networks Copy Dragonfly Brains

Cars That Think

In my research at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, I study the brains of one of these larger insects, the dragonfly. Recent estimates suggest that the carbon emissions resulting from developing and training a natural-language processing algorithm are greater than those produced by four cars over their lifetimes.

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New Mexico EV Mandate Stands After Opposition from Car Dealers

The Truth About Cars

New Mexico is one of several states that has vowed to adopt stringent zero-emission vehicle requirements implemented by California. That effectively makes this piece an addendum to our recent Gas War article pertaining to the Californian emissions waiver. Not that this matters for New Mexico.