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TomTom launches Congestion Index based on traffic database; congestion levels in 57 cities in North America and Europe

Green Car Congress

Conversely, Edmonton, New York, Boston, Minneapolis and Toronto experienced a reduction in congestion levels. London, 27%. Based on this analysis, Seattle saw the biggest increase in traffic congestion, while Houston, Ottawa and San Francisco also saw increased levels of congestion. Marseille, 41%. Brussels, 34%. Paris, 32%.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

Cars That Think

A 2019 study by Roskill Information Services in London found that more than 90 percent of the permanent magnets used in automotive traction motors were NdFeB. So if not rare-earth permanent magnets for Tesla’s next motor, then what kind? Among the most promising: iron nitride, Fe 16 N 2.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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