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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

In addition, the lack of relevant legal or industry expertise is increasingly worrisome. This may become a major operational and legal problem at the federal level as thousands of new employees are hired across multiple federal departments and agencies to carry out the Biden Administration’s environmental policies.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. The Arizona-built Lucid Air that I recently tested amasses up to 1,126 metric hp. The Rimac starts from $2.4 million, nearly five times the Ferrari’s price. second pace.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. These PUMAs dont pollute the air, they dont make loud noises, and they go slow enough to prevent a lot of traffic accidents, especially for teens. Look at it this way. Video Web 2.0

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better balancing electricity supply from wind or solar energy with demand means that utilities do not need to build "stand-by" power plants that can delivery electricity reliably, Schurr said. "If A dip in wind power, for example, could allow a utility to slow down the speed of car battery charging. Video Web 2.0

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Gases: CO 2 emissions. Sources: Large electric generators.

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