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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

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A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. San Francisco and Los Angeles were the most expensive city for both EVs and gasoline cars. cities, finding that the path to cost parity between the two varies by region. There was some crossover, however.

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Study: more stringent O3 and PM2.5 air pollution standards could save thousands of lives, greatly improve public health

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standards are: Los Angeles (Long Beach-Glendale), CA: 1,341 lives saved, 3,255 fewer morbidities and 2,892,029 fewer impacted days. Cleveland (Elyria), OH: 196 lives saved, 487 fewer morbidities and 231,859 fewer impacted days. The ten metropolitan areas that would benefit the most from more protective O 3 and PM 2.5

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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The Hornet R/T Plus has wireless phone charging and a universal garage door opener, but does not have a heads-up display or auto hold. The screen also displays climate controls and is the media hub for Bluetooth, streaming audio, vehicle settings and other controls.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Alumina Energy, LLC (Los Angeles, California). Johnson-Matthey (Cleveland, United Kingdom). Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Beam Suntory, Inc. Clermont, Kentucky). Utilidata, Inc.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. Los Angeles, by contrast, produces only 10.7 The study is published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.