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UCL study suggests reducing car use is the key to better health; the role of car sharing and other approaches

Green Car Congress

We need to shift the emphasis from households spending thousands of pounds on a new car every few years and then experiencing a relatively low cost per trip, to a situation where people pay for each individual trip but don’t invest the initial lump sum. —Roger Mackett.

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UNECE: claim that diesel on-road vehicles are the cause of increased lung cancer is misleading

Green Car Congress

An improved modal split, particularly from individual to public transport in personal mobility and from roads to rail in long term freight transport while improving environmental performance at micro level. Improved public transport and the promotion of walking and biking are desired measures to reduce the use of personal cars.

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Tesla Model Y-backed ride service start operations in Downtown Tampa

Teslarati

Customers can book low-cost rides in Tesla SUVS for $2 per person. As we continue to grow and all the seven neighborhoods of Downtown evolve, we need other ways to move within the core of Downtown—and this is a really exciting way to make that happen,” said Shaun Drinkard, Interim President of the Tampa Downtown Partnership.

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News: All-Electric Semi-Trucks Making a Difference

Clean Fleet Report

Big fleets like FedEx and smaller ones are leading the shift to zero-emission freight movement Clean air is personal as it affects people of all races, genders, and ages. Black, Latino, immigrant and low-income neighborhoods are often where these warehouse facilities are based, placing an added burden to their health.

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Here are the coolest e-bikes and more we saw at Micromobility America 2024

Baua Electric

The sister show to Micromobility Europe , this year’s North American conference moved to Southern California, bringing to Costa Mesa an array of just about every type of micromobility device you could imagine, from e-bikes, e-scooters and fully-fledged electric motorcycles to four-wheeled neighborhood electric vehicles. I’ve been there.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

A thinking person should ask, “How did the Leaf owner travel the unaccounted miles, the ones that were not e-miles?” has constructed prototype PHEV trucks for electric utility companies which can deliver energy to power an entire neighborhood during maintenance or repair when there is a power outage [ 4 ]. As long as a standard 1.5

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Dannar brings a multipurpose electric platform to the off-highway market

Charged EVs

Charged : How about a brief history of the company and your personal background? My background personally has been 35 years in off-road industry equipment for global manufacturers. The utility industry figured that out very quickly with bucket trucks and putting a person 20 feet up in the air.

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