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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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The company has also worked with the National Physical Laboratory in the UK objectively to quantify the uncertainties in the measurements of chemical composition. Taking the full-life average tire emissions, that premium falls to the 1,850 times mentioned earlier, the company said. —Emissions Analytics.

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CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. Air pollution is a classic case where free markets fail.

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AECC presents zero-impact emissions demonstrator car at Vienna Motor Symposium

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The demonstrator reduces pollutant emissions across a wide range of driving conditions using advanced emission control technologies with an electrified combustion engine (48V mild hybrid). E-fuel testing was conducted together with Aramco Overseas Company. The data has been made available to the Euro 7 process and AGVES working group.

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Construction Companies Are Turning to EVs

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Construction Companies Are Turning to EVs The Vehicles in the Dirt Are Getting Less Dirty The discussion about electric vehicles tends to center on passenger cars, trucks, buses and trains. Outside the public eye, construction companies are quietly switching to EVs to plow through debris and carry materials around job sites.

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Brazil’s Aerotec to invest ~$5M in Li-S battery company OXIS Energy; expanding into Brazil

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million) in Li-Sulfur battery company OXIS Energy. The investment is Aerotec’s first international venture. OXIS says that it has achieved 400 Wh/kg at the cell level; the company is targeting 500 Wh/kg for 2019. Aerotec, a Brazilian Private Equity fund, will invest £3.75 million (US$5.2 Besides Aerotec’s £3.75 —Huw W.

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Tesco launching UK’s first commercial electric heavy-duty tractor-trailer trucks

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Two new 37 tonne DAF CF Electric trucks will transport food and other products from Wentloog rail terminal outside Cardiff to Tesco’s distribution center in Magor, Wales, in partnership with logistics and international freight forwarding company FSEW.

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Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source

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In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society.

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