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UCLA, UC Davis host world conference on electric vehicles and cities prior to EVS26

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The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and the UC Davis Plug-In Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Research Center will host the World Electric Vehicle Cities and Ecosystems Conference on 5 May, just prior to EVS 26.

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. Cahill, Eric, Jamie Davies-Shawhyde, Thomas S.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Over the past few years, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), University of California at Davis (UC Davis) and University of Stavanger in Norway have developed a new protocol, called BChain, which makes blockchain even more robust. —Duan et al.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

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Today’s CO 2 emitting devices and infrastructures alone imply cumulative emissions of about 496 gigatons (Gt) of CO 2 from 2010 and 2060, leading to atmospheric concentrations of about 430 ppmv (Davis, Caldeira and Matthews, 2010). Last year’s survey called for a major overhaul of the machinery for international finance, aid and trade.

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U.S. electric cars are starting to gain mass support

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According to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Americans will buy a total of 657,000 electric vehicles in 2021. At the UN climate conference in November 2021, six major automakers, including Ford and General Motors, pledged to stop selling new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040. will be electric vehicles.