found 27 days ago by Darryl Siry on
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Twenty years ago the California Air Resources Board established the zero emissions vehicle mandate requiring the largest automakers to build and sell electric vehicles. Twelve states adopted the same aggressive targets, creating what remains the...
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found 19 days ago by Keith Barry on
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Ever since Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt back in 1962, clicking that seat belt has become an everyday life for most Americans. Unless, of course, you’re riding along the highway in a motorcoach. That might change. The National...
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found 18 days ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
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There is no doubt Americans are getting fatter and fatter. The latest stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the number of people identifying themselves as obese grew 1.1 percent — an additional 2.4 million people —...
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found 16 days ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
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One of the big questions about electric vehicles is where we’ll charge them out on the road. Finland hopes to solve that riddle by building a carbon-neutral “green highway” that would include charging stations and biofuel stations. The idea...
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found 6 days ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
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The feds, eager to make fuel economy stickers easier to understand even as new technologies enter the market, suggest assigning all new vehicles a letter grade based upon their efficiency. The best fuel misers would, as you’d expect, get an A...
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found 2 days ago by Jason Kambitsis on
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on a mission to help create a transportation system that makes us fitter, not fatter The agency, which promotes and protects public health and safety, is pushing active transportation systems in a...
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