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EVs like Tesla are cutting pollution levels and reducing health problems: study

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The researchers’ study leveraged publicly available datasets to analyze a “natural experiment” occurring in California as residents transitioned to electric cars. The post EVs like Tesla are cutting pollution levels and reducing health problems: study appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Volvo Cars reveals new XC60 premium SUV, led by PHEV model, at Geneva

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Volvo Cars revealed the much-anticipated new XC60 premium SUV at the Geneva Motor Show. The new car replaces Volvo’s highly-successful original XC60, which in the nine years since its launch became the bestselling premium mid-sized SUV in Europe with nearly a million units sold globally.

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ZPM launches crowd-sourced funding campaign to build compressed-air cars in US

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Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM), the US licensee for Luxembourg-based MDI, the developer of the AirPod compressed-air car ( earlier post , earlier post ), has launched an indiegogo campaign to crowd-source $300,000 to fund US-based production of the AirPod. The AirPod, equipped with a 4.5

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UC Santa Cruz prof suggests self-driving cars will torpedo parking pricing as effective congestion management policy; “incentive to create havoc”

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. … This paper suggests that the parking behavior of autonomous vehicles would land cities with a twofold blow—a dramatic drop in the cost of parking that encourages more trips by car, and greater vehicle travel and congestion from each trip due to cruising, returning home, and traveling to free on-street spaces.

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British Medical Journal editorial: Increase in motorway speed limit poses risks to health

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UK Government plans to increase the motorway speed limit in England and Wales by 10 mph will have adverse effects on health, outweighing any economic benefits, claims an editorial published online in the British Medical Journal. The laws on highways and freeways changed from 65 mph to 70-75 mph and from 55 mph to 60-65 mph.

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Study: Even small amounts of PM2.5 may have long-term health effects on developing fetus

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pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition in pregnant women linked to premature births and lifelong neurological and respiratory disorders in their children, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. —Senior author, Xiaobin Wang, MD, ScD, MPH. Even small amounts of PM 2.5

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New more efficient air filter system on Ford Mondeo could prevent driving blind after sneezing at the wheel

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Ford in Europe is introducing on the all-new Mondeo ( earlier post ) a new air filtration system that blocks up to 99% of pollen, almost all nitrogen dioxide—a key trigger of asthma—as well as gaseous pollutants and odors. Sneezing at a speed of 95 km/h (60 mph) can result in the driver “driving blind” for up to 20 meters.

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