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Mixing crumb rubber from recycled tires with bitumen halves rate of sun damage to roads

Green Car Congress

While research efforts have focused on improving the durability of roads in terms of traffic load, thermal ageing and weather-related events, sun damage has received little attention up to now. We found that the ageing trend is actually slowed down when you add crumb rubber, which is recycled from scrap tires, into the top layer of a road.

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Pompano Beach add Mack electric garbage truck to fleet

Baua Electric

The streets of Pompano Beach, Florida will be cleaner and quieter than ever starting this week, thanks to a new, all-electric Mack LR waste truck that was delivered last week! The city revealed the new truck in Coastal Waste & Recycling colors at a local e-mobility event last week.

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Lightning Hybrids introducing hydraulic hybrid system on walk-in box truck

Green Car Congress

The system, which does not have electric batteries, uses this otherwise wasted energy for acceleration, supplementing power from the internal combustion engine to reduce fuel costs for fleet owners and greatly cut emissions. Components of Lightning Hybrids system. Lightning Hybrids system installed on the walk-in delivery truck.

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Chicago Area Clean Cities names American Lung Association 2017 Clean Fuels Champion

Green Car Congress

Alternative-fuel and electric-vehicle programs the Lung Association oversees include: Clean Air Choice: The Lung Association’s overarching program promotes the use of cleaner-burning fuels and cleaner engine technology that reduce motor vehicle emissions, including the use of biofuels (E85 and biodiesel), and electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Sharing Insights for a Better Future – Hubject ICNC 2022 Berlin

Driivz

The entire conference was paper-free with no wasteful disposables, with unique EV Plug & Charge demonstration spots and other innovative access to EV chargers. The EV Charging Industry – Key Take-aways.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

Cars That Think

Lives and businesses are being severely affected, and the cost of recovering after each event continues to mount. Direct health impacts include an increase in respiratory and cardiovascular disease and injuries or death due to extreme weather events. IoT food container tags can reduce food and water waste. If not now, when?

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Vitesco’s copper welding is going inexperienced

Baua Electric

“The green laser allows us to have cleaner processes — not only clean in an environmental point of view, but in a process point of view.” “That’s the main obstacle in the welding of copper, this huge waste of energy,” he stated. Mueller stated inexperienced lasers are well-suited for electronics packages.

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