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UK-based EV-tire-maker ENSO in talks to supply multiple global OEMS

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Ongoing partnerships include a collaboration with the Mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL), DPD and Royal Mail, to deploy ENSO’s range-extending, low-emission tires on final-mile EV delivery fleets across the capital. Zeti uses telematics to lease EVs from Jaguar, LEVC and Tesla to fleets on a cost-per-mile basis.

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Tongji team estimates vehicle emission factors in Shanghai with MOVES and GPS data

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A team from Tongji University in China has generated comprehensive emission factors (functional relations between pollutant emissions and the activity that causes them) for Shanghai, China light-duty vehicles at various average speed levels. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board doi: 10.3141/2340-05.

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NYSERDA awards $4.6M to 17 transportation projects; support for Syracuse U supercritical diesel injection project

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million to help 17 New York State companies develop and commercialize innovative new transportation technologies intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease reliance on fossil fuels, and create jobs. Lower Hudson-Long Island Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc. Earlier post.). NYSERDA funding: $270,000.

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Paris votes to triple SUV parking fees – and this includes electric ones

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo sees the move to curb SUVs in the city as “a form of social justice,” with road safety and air pollution the main targets of the vote. People working in Paris, taxi drivers, tradespeople, health workers, and people with disabilities will all be exempt. Paris residents will not have to pay extra.

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HEI study finds London Congestion Charging Scheme shows little evidence of improving air quality

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In part it is difficult to identify significant air quality improvements from a specific program—especially one targeted at a small area within a large city—against the backdrop of broader regional pollutant and weather changes. Within the CCZ, the investigators projected a net decline of 1.7 µg/m 3. in PM 10.

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Driving Towards a Sustainable Future: The Rise of Electric Autos in India

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As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution. One of the main advantages is the significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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million gas-fueled motorcycles and tricycles are currently operating in the Philippines, typically serving as short-distance taxis, with the average tricycle driver earning less than $10 a day. E-Trike drivers will save upwards of $5 a day in fuel costs, and the new E-Trikes have the capacity to carry more passengers. million.