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The Ins and Outs of Scrap Car Recycling

Clean Fleet Report

The Ins and Outs of Scrap Car Recycling Maximizing Value at the End of a Car’s Life This article may contain affiliate links. The Light of Education Initiatives that educate and inform the public about proper disposal and recycling methods offer enlightenment without resorting to promotional tactics.

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Meet the Boomers Trying to Scupper 2,500 Jobs in Rural Michigan

The Truth About Cars

Maybe if Ford starts making a light lager, all will be forgiven. To be sure, plans for huge factories like the one Ford is proposing are not without problems, and we’d be remiss not to point out that more than one neighborhood has been decimated in the name of so-called progress.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

To figure out how to make electric trucks work in practice, the manufacturer, the state of California, and a wide array of partners—more than a dozen all told—launched the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project in 2019 to test its first electric Class 8 tractors with multiple Southern California operators.

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Air Quality: Easy to Measure, Tough to Fix

Cars That Think

All outdoor activity in my neighborhood ceased for weeks, yet staying indoors didn't guarantee relief. a specific standard of efficiency based on its rating , but this is often combined with unproven UV light, ionization, and ozone technologies that vaguely claim to catch toxins and kill pathogens, even COVID-19. Harry Campbell.

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip

Clean Fleet Report

Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip Gear Up to Hit the Road and Not Look Back This article may contain affiliate links. To make sure that everyone in your group has access to a source of light, make sure to pack headlamps or flashlights for them all.

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Portable Life-Support Device Provides Critical Care in Conflict and Disaster Zones

Cars That Think

This is a sponsored article brought to you by LEMO. Dr. Joe Fisher is devoted to the light side of human ingenuity, medicine. He named it after the Toronto neighborhood where he still lives — Thornhill Medical. A bomb explodes — medical devices set to action. Side by side, but viscerally opposed.

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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

In light of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act and the NEVI program, new data from BloomberNEF predicts that EV sales will make up more than 50% of car purchases by 2030. A recent New York Times article even reported that prices for many EVs could dip below their gas counterparts in 2023 — sooner than expected.