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Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

Green Car Congress

For the second year running, Los Angeles is inviting innovative and environmentally-friendly entrepreneurs from around the world to push the envelope on urban mobility solutions from ride-sharing and zero-emission electric bikes and scooters to self-driving vehicles and flying cars.

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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

Green Car Congress

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is rapidly electrifying its fleet to meet sustainability goals set under the Green New Deal for Los Angeles. Using data is key to effectively serving the people of Los Angeles. In 2020, LADOT executed the purchase of 159 electric buses.

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How to Build EV Charging for All: Why You’re More Likely to Get an Electric Uber in Westwood than Inglewood

CleanTechnica EVs

By John Schroeder Electrifying transportation is crucial to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. To make the EV transition more inclusive we must bring EV chargers to low-income neighborhoods. One way to do […].

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No Eclipse Plans? Try These Last-Minute Strategies.

Baua Electric

At this point, your goal is just to get to the path of totality and see the eclipse for the longest possible time,” said Melanie Fish, the head of global public relations for Expedia Group Brands. Neighborhood locations, she said, may have better availability. If that’s you, you’ve still got options, but not as many. “At

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. We Californians are very proud of our state’s Global Warming Solutions law, AB 32, that mandates greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by the year 2020.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

According to Navigant Research, global revenue generated by ride-hailing services is expected to grow to almost $1.2 Each vehicle has a home location: a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway, or neighborhood parking lot in the member’s area, to which it must be returned at the end of the reservation. In the U.S.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

With luck, not every electric truck launch will take place amidst a global pandemic, as the Volvo LIGHTS project did. Expect the unexpected, plan on delays. But the process of installing charging infrastructure will inevitably encounter delays, as all the participants stressed.

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