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UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

Green Car Congress

Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. The paper is published in the journal Nature Energy. Nat Energy (2020).

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

If we didn’t have enough hurdles to electric vehicle adoption in the US, one of the challenges that drives me absolutely bonkers is the confusing and inconsistent use of charging terminology. To scale up EV adoption we need to increase consumer awareness and understanding of the “electric refueling” process. But nobody else cares. .

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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

But as the Times points out, the government is NOT forcing the fleet to become all electric: The E.P.A. It does not mandate the sales of electric vehicles, and gas-powered cars and trucks could still be sold. The future is electric,” he said. regulation is not a ban.

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Construction can turn green

Electric Auto Association

Emission-free sites have been achievable in Scandinavia BY RON FREUND: Director, ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. There’s no doubt that driving electric helps the environment, as does installing home solar panels. But there’s so much more to sustainability than what we can do in our personal lives. Someone had to be first!

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3 business teams say pact reaffirms right-to-repair loyalty. Critics name it a farce.

Baua Electric

The 2014 trade in, which took place then Massachusetts handed its personal automobile right-to-repair legislation in 2013, gave retail outlets in all states the similar get entry to to diagnostic and service data that automakers manufacture to be had to their licensed dealership networks.

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Tesla for a vaccine: Doctor offers the ultimate COVID-19 vaccination incentive

Teslarati

He told Teslarati that, as a believer in global climate change, this was the perfect incentive as electric cars give off zero emissions. So far, Dr. Vazquez has administered over 7,000 vaccines personally. The Model 3 has encouraged large automakers like Volkswagen, GM, and others to begin making electric powertrains.

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