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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Source: MIT. Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 Steven Barrett, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and colleagues have published their results in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Click to enlarge. —Caiazzo et al.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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TRANSNET project teams will design and test new network optimization approaches, coupled with novel transportation and mobility simulations, to improve the energy efficiency of personal transportation. To construct the system model, project teams will use data that can be measured and obtained from currently available sources.

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AI and DEI Spotlighted at IEEE’s Futurist Summit

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Here are highlights of the sessions , which are available on IEEE.tv. It’s important to identify the right problem and develop a technology to solve it, said Evans, director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory. The event also included a trip to the headquarters of cloud service provider Akamai Technologies.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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BMW CEO Officer Oliver Zipse is set to announce the plan alongside its annual report on March 17, the person said. The link to the reveal was posted only on its European site, which may indicate that its first production EV outside China will be available only in Europe. – March 12, via Automotive News Europe.

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