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GM workaround for transport snags: Broker pickup from the manufacturing unit

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GM has labored to seek out inventive techniques round logistics stumbling blocks, from purchasing its personal fleet of vans and excess capability via third-party carriers to uploading the South Korea-made Chevrolet Trax on container vessels in lieu than conventional automobile shipment ships, Bell stated. Fortress Wayne, Ind.;

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California Air Resources Board Adopts Regional Targets for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Light Duty Vehicles

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The proposed targets, required under SB 375 (2008, Steinberg), are designed to help coordinate land use and transportation planning. Improved planning will offer a wider variety of transportation choices, including public transit and more walkable streets and cities. increasing the number of people who take public transit.

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At the EV Crossroads

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When this publication began in 2006 commercially available electric vehicles were a novelty; the idea of a mainstream EV was part of a vision of a sustainable transportation system of the future. liter gas engine (28 mpg highway) for a run in the snow up to Lake Tahoe. But it is still a mass-produced automobile.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

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Lucid names the Air Touring interiors after California destinations of Santa Cruz, Tahoe and Mojave. Tahoe gets Black and Saddle and with Carbon Oak trim, and Mojave gets seats in Black and Graphite with Carbon Oak trim. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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California SB 375 Report Proposes GHG Reduction Targets to Curb Sprawl Emissions from Transportation

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Following 13 public meetings, the Regional Targets Advisory Committee submitted its report to ARB in September, 2009 advising, among other things, that the targets be expressed as a percent reduction in per capita greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

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GM Unveils EN-V Concepts for Future Urban Mobility

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The three EN-V models unveiled in Shanghai represent three different characteristics that emphasize the nature of future transportation: Jiao (Pride), Miao (Magic) and Xiao (Laugh). By comparison, today’s typical automobile weighs more than 1,500 kilograms and is three times as long. Earlier post.). Autonomous operation. Group (SAIC).

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

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It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. The two-wheeler is meant to address the mounting problems of urban car transportation, according to the two companies that plan to unveil the vehicle at an auto show in New York. E-mail Martin. Mandatory euthanasia.

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