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Carmax, Carvana, and automotive stakeholders urge U.S. Senate to keep EV tax credits

Plug in America

drivers will be shackled to expensive oil and gas, which also leads to more pollution and health problems. Innovation will stall, and with it the burgeoning industries and companies in EV-adjacent spaces like battery recycling. The tax credits help build domestic supply chains and energy security.

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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

But the change in administration in Washington, D.C., Mack touted the Pioneer can run on HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel or renewable diesel. The enthusiasm was high on the technology that moves the heaviest trucks on the road and brings everything we use in our daily lives.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

Green Car Congress

The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Telecom Expert Honored By IEEE Standards Association

Cars That Think

Title: Teaching Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Member grade: Life senior member Alma maters: National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu; Washington University, in St. He then attended Washington University in St.

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Ground breaks on Washington West Coast Electric Highway

Green Car Congress

Officials from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT); Bellingham, Wash. When complete, the network will enable electric vehicle drivers to travel 276 miles of I-5 between Washington’s borders with Oregon and Canada. Earlier post.) —state Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond.

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Federal Judge rules that Washington State must regulate refinery GHG emissions under State Implementation Plan

Green Car Congress

Pechman for the Western District of Washington has ruled that the Washington Department of Ecology, Northwest Clean Air Agency, and Puget Sound Clean Air Agency must regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the five oil refineries operating in Washington State. Washington SIP from regulating beyond NAAQS.

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WSU researcher creates cooking-oil based bio-asphalt

Green Car Congress

With the waste cooking oil technology, we can reduce the cost of asphalt binder to under $200 per ton, making road building much cheaper. In North Carolina, swine manure is being incorporated as a paving substitute. Building roads is a big investment in taxpayer money. —Haifang Wen.

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