Tag: Transportation
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How Large Cities Can Advance a Renewable-Powered EV Infrastructure
The recent Chicago Auto Show was a great place to see new car models and automakers’ futuristic designs. Until recently, few automakers displayed electric vehicles. But this year, most showed clean electric and hybrid cars, and showed off their cool next-gen concepts. How can Chicago and Illinois strategically position themselves to be electric vehicle leaders…
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3 Challenges to Overcome to Grow the EV Market
From Cadillac’s ELR commercial to BMW’s clever marketing of the i3, if you watched the 2014 Winter Olympics or the Academy Awards, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that electric vehicles (EVs) are effectively “in.” Although EVs still encompass a small share of total passenger vehicle sales (0.62 percent nationally and 1.4 percent in California), they continue…
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3 EV Trends to Know For Car-Buying Season
Springtime is the time of year where we start to see the first signs of growth; the green shoots of what will turn into a verdant garden or a bountiful harvest. As the first quarter of 2014 comes to a close, we are seeing some encouraging signs that both electric vehicle sales and their benefits…
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World’s First Battery-Powered Bus Transports 135,000 Passengers in 10 Days
Electric buses have been rolled out at trade shows in recent years, but a suburb of São Paulo, Brazil began picking up riders earlier this month in what officials say is the world’s first battery-powered public transit bus. In its first 10 days, more than 135,000 passengers used the bus in the suburb of Diadema, Fox News…
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New Auto Emissions Standards Could Save $19 Billion in Health Care Costs
By Peter Lehner [caption id="attachment_324216" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] When I worked for the City of New York, I often asked people what they felt was the worst environmental problem. Many said tailpipe pollution. Emissions from the tailpipes of cars and trucks seemed particularly insulting because—as we all walked our kids to school—the tailpipes seemed…