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Mayor of London backs diesel car scrappage scheme; London ranked 9th best world city in new air quality study

Green Car Congress

The Mayor is supporting proposals for the UK Government to help motorists by offering between a £1,000 and £2,000 (US$1,614 to US$3,228) grant per vehicle for the most polluting diesels which are more than 12 months old. London ranked 9 th on the health impacts index, 15 th on the citywide index and 17 th on the traffic focused index.

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Tesla Model Y taxi fleet from Revel set for NYC launch after regulatory mix up

Teslarati

” However, the TLC has granted Revel 49 licenses, according to Fromberg, covering all but one vehicle in the company’s Model Y fleet. Revel told Teslarati that it will consider growing into other neighborhoods and boroughs once the company has more of an idea of where the fleet is being utilized most frequently.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. Despite this collaboration, Netac subsequently sought and was granted a patent on the thumb drive within China.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. They keep saying, “Let’s put on more battery, because our guys need more range.”