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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

Green Car Congress

Though we’re still several years away (at least) from robots taking the wheel, some cities in America—Las Vegas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, to name a few—have already seen self-driving vehicles in action. Policymakers need to establish regulation and demand cleaner vehicles. Electric Vehicles: Right Now. The solution?

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

Green Car Congress

Improving access to cleaner forms of transportation, like electrified public transport and active commuting by cycling and walking, would not only bring down NO 2 levels, but would also reduce asthma, enhance physical fitness, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. —Susan Anenberg.

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USPS announces plans to order 5,000 EVs & achieve 70% fleet electrification

Teslarati

The Postmaster tried to elaborate on the USPS’ financial challenges of committing to operating a cleaner Postal vehicle fleet. . We will be resolute in making decisions that are grounded in our financial situation and what we can realistically achieve while pushing hard to take delivery of safer, cleaner vehicles by next year.

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Officials for the bureau and its parent Interior Department trumpeted the news, saying the progress in the review of the lithium-boron mine project “represents another step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the responsible, domestic development of critical minerals to power the clean energy economy.”

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