Ride-Hailing Electric Vehicles Offer Triple the Emissions Benefits
July 9, 2020
Electrifying an Uber or Lyft Car Can Save Three Times More Carbon Than a Personally Owned EV.
UC Davis
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Battery-powered pickups? California’s next clean air rule targets gas-powered trucks, big rigs
June 26, 2020
Gas-powered work trucks — from the delivery vans bringing packages to your doorstep to the big rigs that roar along highways — may soon be fewer in number on California roads.
Sacramento Bee
California regulator: ‘A remarkable time in history’ for clean truck innovation
June 26, 2020
The nation’s first electric truck sales mandate is expected to be approved on June 25 by the California Air Quality Board.
Freight Waves
Tesla Model 3 outsells every car model in Calif.
June 26, 2020
Tesla Inc.’s Model 3 electric plug-in sent a jolt through the California auto market by outnumbering every other type of car and light truck in sales earlier this year.
E&E News
Traffic, emissions, fuel-tax revenues decline due to shelter-in-place guidelines
June 26, 2020
As individuals across the country slow down their lives and practice social distancing, they are driving less, flying less and using less public transportation.
The California Aggie
So. Much. Cardboard.
June 18, 2020
For our family, one particularly visible side effect of the pandemic has been cardboard.
NY Times
COVID-19 Put the Brakes on Traffic and Emissions, But Will it Make a Difference?
June 12, 2020
Shelter-in-place orders related to COVID-19 have nearly eliminated gridlock on California’s roadways.
UC Davis News
Surprise! Even Partial Automation Is Encouraging Drivers Not to Pay Attention
June 4, 2020
Among the many dangers faced by people on streets in this nation today, distracted driving in automated vehicles has not been uppermost in people’s minds. But research from U.C. Davis suggests policymakers should maybe pay a little more attention.
StreetsBlog Cal
Driving makes a comeback. So could tailpipe emissions
May 15, 2020
Americans are getting back into their cars as the economy reopens, but they’re continuing to shun public transit, preliminary data shows. If the trend persists, experts say, it could have devastating implications for the fight against climate change in a post-pandemic era.
E&E News
How can we be sustainable post-Covid 19?
May 14, 2020
With a ban on non-essential travel and some countries in complete lockdown, we’re able to witness what happens to the Earth when we’re largely absent for the first time.
BBC.com