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Rutgers study: facial and head injuries from electric scooters “a rising epidemic”

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Children use motorized scooters marketed as toys, but in reality, certain models can reach speeds of almost 30 miles per hour. —co-author Amishav Bresler, a resident at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Most of the people injured were men between 19 and 65; 33% were children between 6 and 12.

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Stellantis CEO says U.S. and UK elections next year may slow EV sales

Teslarati

Tavares noted the possibility for a slowed electrification ramp at a press conference outside of Stellantis’s Mirafiori plant in Italy in a statement to Automobilwoche (via Automotive News ). by the start of the new decade. state of New Jersey and others.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2015, with a concomitant increase in gasoline consumption. In addition, the housing affordability and availability crisis is forcing people to live increasingly farther away from work, driving up total vehicle miles traveled in the state by 2.7 billion in 2014, up 0.08% from the previous year.

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It’s Never Too Late to Find a New Career (a Mile Above Your Old One)

Baua Electric

Mr. Milando found a small flight school in New Jersey and set out to earn his commercial pilot certificate. I found this small flight school in New Jersey, called Sky Training, and got my commercial rating. Eventually I flew a seaplane over Lake Como in Italy and was waving down to — who is it that lives there?

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