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American Honda Motor to pay $1.9M in penalties in California for small engine emissions violations

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Through extensive tests in its lab CARB discovered that this equipment did not meet the evaporative control emission standards that Honda had originally agreed to during the certification process. These credits can then be used for certification purposes to offset emissions on future products.

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SensorComm Technologies to conduct IoT pilot program monitoring real-time vehicle emissions in Coachella Valley

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SensorComm Technologies received an award through the CASCADE Innovation Program, managed by Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (“CVEP”), to conduct an Internet of Things-based (IoT) emissions monitoring pilot program within the Coachella Valley in Southern California. Global rollout is underway.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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Concepts like ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and levering connected vehicle technologies to police driving from an environmental and social standpoint are rooted in the key principles of Vision Zero. Meanwhile, EVs will likely increase specific forms of air pollution (e.g. These are conservative estimates, he and his co-authors write.

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EPA launches new pollution standards that would kick EV sales into overdrive

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The EPA today announced new pollution standards that would likely kick electric vehicle sales into overdrive. The new standards are aimed toward creating healthier communities by cleaning up the air and making things like cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses less likely as they would cut Co2 emissions substantially through 2055.

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New Mexico adopts Clean Cars Rule

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The coordinated package of regulations will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone- and smog-causing pollutants from new passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs starting in model year 2026. —New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Cabinet Secretary James Kenney.

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eNow demonstrates solar-powered zero-emissions Transport Refrigeration Unit

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eNow has demonstrated a solar-powered zero-emissions commercial-use Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) on a truck making deliveries in an urban environment. The new TRU, branded “Rayfrigeration,” achieved emission reductions of 98% N 2 O, and 97% PM over a five-month test period.

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Virginia Tech team developing intelligent wearable analyzer for pollutants in transportation-related workplaces

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According to Agah, a renowned researcher in chip-scale gas chromatography and Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation Faculty Fellow, the development of effective strategies for reducing occupational exposure to pollutants requires accurate, time-resolved measurement of exposure.

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