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US COVID-19 mitigation efforts resulting in significant decline in traffic, emissions and fuel-tax revenues

Green Car Congress

This puts the US on track to meet its annual goals for GHG reduction under the Paris Climate Accord. If traffic remained reduced for one year, the reduction in VMT would allow California to meet half of its 2050 climate change target. Nearby Washington DC saw the greatest drop of 90% fewer daily vehicle miles traveled.

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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

Green Car Congress

Vermont and Washington, DC are not included in this rule because they do not have fossil fuel-fired power plants. Heat rate improvements result in any changes in equipment, operating procedures or maintenance practices that increase the efficiency of converting fuel energy into electricity by an EGU.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. Public transit buses are also steadily electrifying, led by California, New York City and the Washington, DC area as well as cities like Pittsburgh and Phoenix.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 1997, Willett Kempton , a professor at the University of Delaware, and Steve Letendre , a professor at Green Mountain College, in Vermont, began publishing a series of journal articles that imagined the bidirectional EV as a resource for electricity utilities. Moreover, deregulation disincentivized the construction of new power plants.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota BZ4X EV

Clean Fleet Report

The BZ4X will be sold throughout the world, but in America it will be first offered (April 2022) in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. 150 kW maximum DC charging. 100 kW maximum DC charging. of torque. 0 – 60 mph: 7.1

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