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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. These displays can be updated remotely, with such updates replacing the little date stickers that must be reapplied each year when registration is renewed.

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Get a Car Insurance Policy Even After Expiry Date

Clean Fleet Report

Remember that every vehicle owner must have 3rd party insurance if they want to drive legally on the road. So it is fundamental to renew an automobile insurance policy before it expires. Three Ways of Renewing a Car Insurance Policy. You must explore the fundamental categories of automobile insurance renewal after the expiry.

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PBL Study Finds Developed Countries Proposals for Copenhagen Fall Short for Reaching 2 °C Climate Objective

Green Car Congress

Higher ambition scenario : based on the higher proposed reduction targets for individual Annex I countries and more ambitious mitigation actions in non-Annex I regions, i.e. use of 50% of the reduction potential in energy-efficiency, renewables, non-CO 2 reduction options and REDD. Non-Annex I actions may be (partially) financed by Annex I2.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

Plugs and Cars

Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. And due to all our efforts, the grid is getting even cleaner and more renewable. And I was there representing Plug In America.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Advertising info Legal disclaimer Accessibility Privacy policy Terms & Conditions Help. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. All rights reserved.

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Will EU demand for biofuel mean starvation for world’s poorest?

Green Cars News

Here in the UK, the Renewable Fuels Agency which was set up by the Government to implement the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), a response to the EU Biofuel Directive, commissioned the Gallagher Review last year to investigate the link between biofuels, rising carbon emissions and spiralling food prices. Are biofuels green?

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Green Car Congress

The DRC’s cost competitiveness comes from its relatively cheap access to land and low engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, cost compared to the US, Poland and China. This is three times cheaper than what a similar plant in the US would cost. European cell manufacturers currently rely heavily on China for battery precursors.

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