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Light-truck sales declined less during the current pandemic than car sales

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This note examines the sales of all new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in the United States in March, April, and May 2020—the first three months of the current pandemic—and compares them with the sales in February 2020. For example, light-truck sales decreased by 46.0% in February to 78.3%

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Differential effects of the current pandemic on the sales of light-duty vehicles and heavy trucks

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Light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) are being purchased primarily by individuals, while heavy trucks by companies. I have shown recently that during this pandemic light-truck sales declined less than car sales.). Light-duty vehicles. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. Change from February 2020. March 2020.

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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. The resulting biofuel, n -butanol, is a carbon-neutral fuel alternative that can be used in blends with diesel or gasoline.

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WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

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For example, a team at the University of Surrey found that particulate pollution levels inside cars are up to 40% higher when the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam or stopped at a red traffic light compared to free-flowing traffic conditions. Earlier post.). —Anna Leavey. 2017.07.016.

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DEED sets records

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Members of the Gateway Electric Vehicle Association at the St. Louis DEED event. From established events to first-timers Gateway Electric Vehicle Association ’s (GEVA), participation in the St. Community Partners included Climate Action Reserve , Forth , and Virginia Clean Cities.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. Every yellow light-emitting diode you see—that’s George’s work.” His biggest adventure, though, has been some 30 years of research into light-emitting diodes.

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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The four Ideas Lab projects are: Nitroplast: A Light-Driven, Synthetic Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle ($1.89M). Golbeck, Penn State University; Christopher A. Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Susan Rosser, University of Glasgow; and Bill Rutherford, Imperial College London. Researchers led by Washington University in St.

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