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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Barrett says that a person who dies from an air pollution-related cause typically dies about a decade earlier than he or she otherwise might have. The greatest number of emissions-related premature deaths came from road transportation, with 53,000 early deaths per year attributed to exhaust from the tailpipes of cars and trucks.

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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

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A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. In their study, Bishop et al.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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The negative was the exhaust note (when in hybrid mode), which was too loud and quickly became tiresome. The color choices give an indication of what Dodge is trying to convey about the Hornet-fun and with personality. The AWD torque vectoring acts as an electronic limited slip differential. Color from south of the border?

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Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions

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The global economic recession of 2008—which severely depressed light-duty vehicle sales—resulted in an increase in the age of the light-duty vehicle fleet in the US that likely slowed the rate of decrease of fleet average emissions, according to a study by Gary Bishop and Donald Stedman at the University of Denver.

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