06 May 2024 06:50:37 UTC

 EDITOR'S CHOICE

Meet the Biden Official Overseeing $7.5B for EVs..But His Passion in Active Mobility

15 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"Gabe Klein is a key figure in the Biden administration's plans to build out infrastructure for America's future electric cars, buses and trucks. But his biggest accomplishment may involve bicycles.

"His two-year stint saw several innovations, including the introduction of Washington's Capital Bikeshare and a bike lane on Pennsylvania Avenue...[in Chicago] he established bike lanes downtown and led creation of the Chicago Riverwalk..."

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Walkable City 10 Years Later: Cars Make Us Sicker Than We Thought

15 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"..emissions from road transportation are responsible for approximately fifty-three thousand annual 'early deaths' in the United States, more than doubling the carnage that comes from crashes.

"Scientists have discovered that being subjected to traffic noise “results in altered blood chemistry...recent study linked road noise to dementia...Researchers are beginning to parse the connection between thinking and walking.."

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Tesla's Self-Driving Wonder Car Kills 2 in China As 'Man vs Machine' Debates Rage 0n

15 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"A Tesla Model Y car on autopilot mode seemed to have gone out of control as it ran over a motorcyclist and a high-school girl...China.

"As of now, Tesla's tech has already violated the first law of robotics. If the Y-model driver from China is speaking the truth and if he indeed tried to hit the brakes with the car not following his command, then the Tesla car might violate the second law too." As for the third law...

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Republican Senate Candidate Herschel Walker: U.S. Should Keep 'Gas-Guzzling Cars' That Produce'Good Emissions'

15 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"If we was ready for the green agenda, I'd raise my hand right now. But we're not ready right now...We're not prepared. We're not ready right now. What we need to do is keep having those gas-guzzling cars.

"The science on the causes of rising global temperatures has long been well established....emissions from automobiles are anything but "good" for the planet." Walkers opponent, Rev. Warnock supported Inflation Reduction Act.

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European Automakers Furious Over Euro 7 Emissions Proposal

15 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"..the new regulations aim to reduce NOx emissions by 35% and lessen tailpipe particulates by 13%, compared to Euro 6 directives...commission's proposal document says the extra cost to a car or light van will be &euro304 ($314).

"Euro 7 regulations [also] seek to limit the particles emitted by brakes and tires...electric vehicles are about 40% heavier than your average combustion engine vehicle, so they emit more of these particulates."

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These 'Flying' Ferries Could Get You to Work In Half the Time

14 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"What Tesla did was to add a lot of style to electric cars. [Stockholm-based Candela] wans to make a very attractive product because that's going to drive the move towards sustainability in a much faster way.

"Optimizing existing ferry routes with hydrofoils could cut journey times in Stockholm by more than half compared to current schedules... Candela says it has raised €32 million ($34.3 million) in two funding rounds..."

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New poll: The Era of the ICE Vehicle Is Ending. What Comes Next?

14 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"EVs are on the rise and trust in public transit is holding strong, our Harris poll finds.

"...consumers...attitudes are evolving toward electric vehicles, public transit, and micromobility - some of the leading alternatives to the traditional internal combustion engine vehicle.

"51% of U.S. adults said they would like to buy an electric vehicle as their next car. Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, were the most likely to agree..."

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Starting a War as the Planet Burns: The Stupidest Act In Human History?

14 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"...the disparate reactions to Vladimir Putin's war have only highlighted stark global divisions, which reflect the unequal distribution of wealth and power. Such divisions have made it even harder for a multitude of sovereign states to find the minimal common ground needed to tackle the biggest global problems, especially climate change.

... the West has repeatedly defenestrated the very values it declares to be universal."

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How Britain's Electric Car Revolution Took a Wrong Turn

14 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"UK production of cars has tumbled from 1.7m per year to just 866,000 this year.

"Britishvolt, an electric car battery start-up... came to the brink of going bust last month after struggling to raise cash.

"The malaise is a product of political uncertainty, the legacy of the Covid pandemic and lingering microchip shortage...there is precious little time left for the industry to...reinvent itself for the battery-powered era."

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The Challenge of the EV Transition Explained

14 Nov 2022 | Synopsis

"...the challenges posed by the transition from ICE vehicles to EVs at scale are significantly larger in scope and more complex than the policy makers setting the regulatory timeline appreciate...systems engineering task alone is enormous, with countless interdependencies that are outside policy makers' control...

"What has yet been proven...is that BEVs can rapidly replace the majority of the current 1.3 billion-plus light-duty ICE vehicles."

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