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The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 31, 2023
Just about every modern vehicle outweighs its ancestors by a staggering amount and a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study has claimed that an extra 1,000 pounds increases the chance of crash fatalities between vehicles by 47 percent. Novel safety requirements also contribute to this trend.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2010
The EV Trial and Scoping Study are part of a larger effort on low-emission and electric transportation in the state. The trials seek a range of participants to build a comprehensive electric vehicle system environment, replicating real-world conditions as closely as possible. The scoping study. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 29, 2010
An new study from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University suggests that best way to reduce transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the short term is a “drastic downscaling of both size and weight” of conventional gasoline and diesel cars. —Future of Mobility Roadmap. Myth Busting.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2009
Inventorying criteria air pollutants showed that vehicle non-operational components often dominate total emissions. Life-cycle criteria air pollutant emissions are between 1.1 The study was published 8 June in the open access IOP journal Environmental Research Letters. Tags: Lifecycle analysis Sustainability.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2009
Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Title III, Reducing Global Warming Pollution , (the cap-and-trade title), has eight subsections.
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2010
Since the LLM network is accessible to everyone and accommodates all forms of travel, from pedestrians to fully featured motor vehicles, it offers a complete and convenient new lifestyle network—one that is functionally equivalent to the current automobile and road system, but without any of the undesirable features. Mark Delucchi.
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