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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. —Janelle London, co-author of the report.

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TomTom launches Congestion Index based on traffic database; congestion levels in 57 cities in North America and Europe

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Houston, 23%. Based on this analysis, Seattle saw the biggest increase in traffic congestion, while Houston, Ottawa and San Francisco also saw increased levels of congestion. Conversely, Edmonton, New York, Boston, Minneapolis and Toronto experienced a reduction in congestion levels. London, 27%. Washington, 24%.

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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Importantly, the conversion to electric vehicle technology is expected to avoid the daily consumption of seven gallons of fossil fuel per vehicle, thereby cutting operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions across the 50-strong taxi fleet by more than 80% and 70%, respectively.

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Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

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In this discussion, Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of DeepMind Technologies, shares his company’s efforts in this space, followed by a conversation with Fei-Fei Li, Denning co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, on the future of AI. Please send us your events for inclusion. Stanford HAI ]

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org. Jim Tech Ltd. View full size photo.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that.

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