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UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

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Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. The paper is published in the journal Nature Energy. —Alan Jenn.

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ABTC inferred resources report finds Tonopah Flats may hold 15.8 million tons lithium carbonate equivalent

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American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ( earlier post ) announced results of its third-party Qualified Person (QP)-audited Inferred Resource Report that details the analysis of its lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada. Mineral processing was carried out at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Ore Dressing Laboratory.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

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Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year permanently altered the US landscape for EV charging.

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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

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Here, we focus on volatile chemical products (VCPs), including pesticides, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cleaning agents, and personal care products. The new study, with its detailed assessment of up-to-date chemical use statistics and previously unavailable atmospheric data, puts the split closer to 50-50. McDonald, Joost A.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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The most rewarding part of my career is helping to develop technologies that my friends and family members use and enjoy,” Kim says. He recently left Samsung to continue his work in the field at Korea University , in Seoul, leading the school’s speech and language processing laboratory.

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By Strouse is now a math professor at the Institut de Matheématique at the University of Bordeaux, in France. My heart is so much in the university; I can’t imagine ever leaving academia.”

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By Strouse is now a math professor at the Institut de Matheématique at the University of Bordeaux, in France. My heart is so much in the university; I can’t imagine ever leaving academia.”

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