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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

Charged EVs

The Trump administration attempted to throw this process into reverse by watering down the federal standards. California legally should be able to do their own standards under the Clean Air Act. Charged : Once the agencies announce their decision about what standards we’re going to have now, will there be legal challenges?

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

At the end of this article, Prof. Here is the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad: [link]. The battery pack in Bright’s car, conceivably, could be made 40 percent smaller than the batteries in similar plug-ins, according to CEO John Waters. by: Michael Kanellos.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

This article was first published as “Marcian E Hoff.” In May 1971 an article in Datamation magazine mentioned the product, and the following November Intel produced its first ad for the 4004 CPU and placed it in Electronic News. While a research manager at Intel Corp., It appeared in the February 1994 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting transcript: June 13, 2024

Teslarati

We design our manufacturing processes to use less water per vehicle than the industry average, and for the third year in a row, we power our Supercharger network with 100 percent renewable energy. It needs to take into account the whole lifecycle from the manufacturing of the products to the product’s end-of-life.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Green Car Congress

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Delay of Technology Development.

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Will EU demand for biofuel mean starvation for world’s poorest?

Green Cars News

Business Daily Africa ’s article entitled ‘Africa to feed EU’s appetite for biofuels as its people starve’ explores the relationship between the European Union’s introduction of a biofuel directive in 2008 and rises in food prices. To read the full article, visit Business Daily Africa. What do you think? Are biofuels green?

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. We’ve got chauffeur vehicle applications who are using us because in the 15 minutes it takes to valet the vehicle, they can charge the car while washing it in a pool of water without any electrification risk.