Electric blues: How car investment could change our emissions trajectory
Subsidizing electric cars and rolling out more chargers could help Australia achieve half of our new car sales to be electric by 2030.
Nov 8, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia's opportunity to decarbonize light-duty vehicles with fuel efficiency standards
Australia can almost fully decarbonize its light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet by 2050 by implementing fuel efficiency or carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards like those already adopted in leading vehicle markets including ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The EV transition isn't just about cars: Broader goal should be access to clean mobility for everyone
The race to decarbonize passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. is accelerating. Battery electric vehicles accounted for almost 6% of all new vehicle sales in 2022, up from close to 3% in 2021, and demand is outstripping ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Research on e-scooter accidents: More helmets and less speed reduce the injury risk
The use of e-scooters has increased significantly in recent years, but so has the number of accidents involving this relatively new form of transport. At the same time, knowledge about injury mechanisms in this area was still ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
How Venice, Italy can cut carbon emissions from social housing
Research using software developed at Berkeley Lab recently pinpointed actions that could help the historic canal city of Venice, Italy slash energy use and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
May 3, 2022
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Automotive
Study shows Ohio freeway median cable barriers stop vehicles from crashing into oncoming traffic
As America slowly reopens and people resume hitting the open road, travelers through the Buckeye State can rest assured median cable barriers are doing their job. A University of Dayton Transportation Engineering Lab study ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Business
Where did the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and 'utes' took over Australia's roads
If we're upset about the price of petrol, why do we drive the vehicles we do?
Oct 17, 2023
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Business
Renault risks 'junk' credit rating, S&P warns
French automaker Renault could see its main long-term credit rating cut to below investment grade by Standard and Poor's, the agency said Wednesday, just days after Moody's lowered its own rating to "junk" status.
Feb 19, 2020
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Engineering
New truck front to save lives
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new truck front concept to reduce fatal crashes in car-truck collisions significantly.
Mar 13, 2024
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Automotive
Hyundai rushing to open Georgia plant because of law rewarding domestic electric vehicle production
A top Hyundai executive said Tuesday that the company is rushing to start electric vehicle and battery production as soon as possible at a $7.6 billion complex in coastal Georgia, spurred by federal electric vehicle incentives ...
Sep 19, 2023
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