article thumbnail

Five Canadian and developing country teams awarded total of C$12.5M to study climate change adaptation

Green Car Congress

million) under the International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC). million over five years to study how best to protect people, communities and vital economic sectors, like agriculture and tourism, that are most at risk from the effects of climate change. million (US$12.8

article thumbnail

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

The Ford F-150 Lightning is between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds heavier than the non-electric version. Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. A GMC Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds, up from about 6,000 pounds. —Jennifer Homendy.

F-150 459
article thumbnail

Ford, Uber and Lyft to share data through SharedStreets platform

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company, Uber and Lyft have committed to support to SharedStreets , a new data platform designed to make it easier for the private sector to work with cities around the world and leverage data to improve urban mobility. Uber will include this speed in an update of its open-source Kepler.gl

Ford 262
article thumbnail

Flaring practices allow more methane into the atmosphere than thought; simple fixes can have big impact

Green Car Congress

New research led by the University of Michigan shows that in the real world, this practice is far less effective than estimated, releasing five times more methane in the US than previously thought. Image credit: Alan Gorchov Negron, University of Michigan and Yulia Chen of Stanford University.

article thumbnail

How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

Cars That Think

However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. After talking with many climate robotics founders for my blog, Nirva Labs , here are my findings on how you can find opportunities to help robots make an impact on climate change.

article thumbnail

Digging into the differences in carbon accounting for biofuels

Green Car Congress

A paper and subsequent formal comments and responses in the journal Climatic Change highlights the conceptual differences and the impact on policy. Professor John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute has grown increasingly critical of the lifecycle analysis methods used to justify and administer biofuel policies.

Carbon 150
article thumbnail

ITF launches global initiative to decarbonize transport

Green Car Congress

The partners and supporters of the Decarbonizing Transport Partners are: Aeromexico - Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) - Anheuser Busch InBev – Brisa Group – China Communications Constructions Company (CCCC) – Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) – COSCO Group – European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) (..)