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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

Green Car Congress

In a recent article , I examined changes in distance driven in the United States during the period from 1984 through 2017. Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

Below is a simple and typical example of the confusing and inconsistent use of the term “charging station” from a news article shared on Twitter. Depending on the person, each of us brings different backgrounds and context to this phrase creating confusion and a lack of clarity in the market. So What’s The Big Deal? Well actually no.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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Ampere Vehicles made a record of 1 lakh electric scooter sales 

Electric Vehicles India

Roy Kurian says that the growth and the demand for electric vehicles are due to personal mobility amidst Covid-19, the rise of petrol and diseases prices and the most important reason is the EV policy and incentives under the FAME-II scheme. Also read related article: Electric scooters Ather 450X & Ampere Magnus Pro comparison.

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Jim Wangers, the Godfather of the GTO, useless at 96

Baua Electric

This corporate ran qualified USAC trying out/comparisons for usefulness in advertising — for instance, claims like “Best in Class” for a specific metric in an commercial may well be sponsored up by means of AMCI documentation. AMCI) in 1981. After all, it’s no longer those moments that outline Jim.

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Chips to Compute With Encrypted Data Are Coming

Cars That Think

This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. In Europe the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guards personal data and recently led to a US $1.3 One comparison you can use to understand FHE is that it’s analogous to a Fourier transform. This article appears in the January 2024 print issue.

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What Is Acoustic Vehicle Warning System & Its Importance on The Roads?

Get Electric Vehicle

The purpose of an AVAS system for electric vehicles is to inform pedestrians, cyclists, and/or adjacent persons who use personal mobility vehicles, particularly blind or visually impaired people who require a sound stimulus to recognise and understand a vehicle is nearby. Why Should Electric Vehicles Be Noisy?