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

Green Car Congress

Here, we focus on volatile chemical products (VCPs), including pesticides, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cleaning agents, and personal care products. As transportation gets cleaner, those other sources become more and more important. —Brian McDonald, corresponding author. You don’t do this with gasoline.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. But we also have to cut emissions from heating.”

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Lectric’s just-revealed XPress e-bike sees $500 off launch discount, Anker SOLIX C800 Plus at $499, and more

Baua Electric

The Lectric XPress 750 e-bike has two color schemes that also go along with its designs, with the high-step model coming in black and the step-thru model coming in white. Spring e-bike deals! Super73 RX Electric Motorbike: $2,999 (Reg. 3,695) Lynx All-Terrain e-bike: $2,999 (Reg. 3,999) Juiced’s HyperScrambler 2: $1,999 (Reg.

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Wandering Robots in the Wild

Cars That Think

We did need Kuri to return to its charger when it got low on battery, but this would be infrequent enough that a person could help with that if necessary. If the robot does this for long enough, it’s statistically very likely to cover the whole floor, probably multiple times. Robotic Wandering. While he was a Ph.D.

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This Volvo and Harris Poll Study investigates the state of EVs in America

Current EV

Volvo Car USA has teamed up with The Harris Poll to deepen insights into the American opinion across four core themes: design, safety, technology and environment. We encourage you to use these statistics freely, properly sourcing Volvo Car USA/The Harris Poll. Design and aesthetics are also a driving factor.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. slow charge. References.

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