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Column: This isn’t a column concerning the auto display or UAW — sorry!

Baua Electric

14 — hours ahead of the UAW agreement was once all set to run out and not more than two days ahead of the Detroit auto display was once to distinguishable to the people — I’m making an attempt to withstand write about the ones two occasions on this column. With this web page committing to the printer at the afternoon of Thursday, Sept.

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

Green Car Congress

A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Brian Stone Jr.,

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More Climate crusader "Were very reasonable people," says White House energy czar Carol Browner. More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. and we must do it quickly to save Detroit. And they exist.

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The Aftershocks of the EV Transition Could Be Ugly

Cars That Think

The perturbations caused by transitioning EVs to scale are not market-driven, but government policy-driven to meet a climate-emergency. US President Joe Biden speaks at the Detroit Auto show on September 14, 2022. This again shows that EVs have become not just a means to combat climate change, but also a geopolitical weapon.