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Report: 4 of 10 Americans live with unhealthy air, and EVs can help

Baua Electric

A person of color in the U.S. times more likely than a white person to live in a community with a failing grade on all three of the report’s measures for air pollution—short-term particle pollution, long-term particle pollution, and ozone. 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 EVs aren’t a silver bullet, though.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” The awards are presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors. IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR Sponsor: IEEE Foundation ASAD M.

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Foraging on Public Lands Is Becoming More Limited

Baua Electric

Although most national parks ban commercial foraging, about three-fourths allow people to explore and collect their favorite crops for personal use. Some leading foragers, for both personal and commercial food, say more public lands are being declared off limits, especially in places where wildfires have devastated the forest lands.

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A Love Letter To My Other Woman

Creative Greenius

They sang duets at almost every Los Angeles area concert she played for years. And along the way as the 1980s became the 1990s, bringing commercial success and rewards to. We’ve never talked about it. The joy they shared filled the hearts of all who heard them. And they meant something uniquely special to me.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. It’s crucial that any operator have at least one person charged with the responsibility of coordinating all aspects of adding electric trucks to a fleet. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

There are several new powertrain options, and none has yet proven itself in regular commercial service. Last September, ZeroAvia successfully completed a test flight of a commercial-scale fuel cell-powered aircraft. It was always a personal passion, and I was already working on green transportation, so that was a natural intersection.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S.

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