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PNNL TranSEC tool uses UBER data to track and potentially alleviate urban traffic congestion

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Currently, publicly available traffic information at the street level is sparse and incomplete. Traffic engineers generally have relied on isolated traffic counts, collision statistics and speed data to determine roadway conditions. What’s novel here is the street level estimation over a large metropolitan area.

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Navigant: US to remain largest national plug-in vehicle market over next 10 years; Tokyo to take metro market lead spot from LA

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Canada, which is about 1 year behind the United States in terms of vehicle availability, is expected to have a CAGR of 25.4%, reaching more than 66,000 vehicles in 2023. Navigant expects that Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Paris will be the top cities in all regions examined over the forecast period. of the city’s fleet.

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ChargePoint ranks US metro areas for EV friendliness; SF Bay Area still on top

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The San Francisco Bay Area (including San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose) led the nation, followed by Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego and Honolulu. The regions are core based statistical areas as defined by the US Census. Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles, CA. Top 10 EV friendly metro areas. Seattle, WA.

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ABB launches Terra multi-standard DC 50 kW fast charging station 53 with CCS support

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The Terra 53 C will be available for deliveries from summer 2013 throughout Europe. From autumn 2013 there will also be dual outlet configurations available, in the same compact form factor, for the German market supporting both: CCS and type 2 mode 3 fast AC charging.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama. The team then combined this with death counts from the National Center for Health Statistics. These deaths would lower national life expectancy by 0.15 years for women, and 0.13 years for men. The life expectancy loss due to PM 2.5

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ABB launches Terra 53 DC fast charger in NA; SAE Combo and CHAdeMO

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The Terra 53 SAE Combo version for the Americas will be available for delivery in November, with the dual outlet, multi-standard version available for delivery in early 2014. ABB was the first company to demonstrate a working prototype of the SAE Combo standard at EVS26 in Los Angeles, and at eCarTec in Munich in 2012.

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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

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One challenge has been the lack of available atmospheric measurements of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) common in everyday household products. Contributors to ambient air pollution in Los Angeles. (A The new work has the potential to close this gap, he said. Additional authors on the study were: Joost A.

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