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August 20, 2020
California’s clean air enforcers have finalized a deal with five automakers to cut greenhouse gases from cars despite the Trump administration’s rollbacks.
CalMatters
July 23, 2020
California on Friday scaled back a proposal to mandate Lyft and Uber to use more electric vehicles on their platforms, with regulators acknowledging that demand for ride-hailing services has cratered during the coronavirus pandemic.
KQED
July 23, 2020
If an electric car is used for ride-hailing services instead of a gas-powered car it could have three times the climate benefits of a personally owned electric car.
Capital Public Radio
July 10, 2020
A study published yesterday by researchers at the University of California, Davis, reminds us all why Lyft and Uber drivers should electrify faster than anyone, and why a Tesla app-based taxi service — robotaxis or not — would be so helpful.
CleanTechnica
July 9, 2020
Electrifying an Uber or Lyft Car Can Save Three Times More Carbon Than a Personally Owned EV.
UC Davis
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
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
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
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
June 18, 2020
For our family, one particularly visible side effect of the pandemic has been cardboard.
NY Times
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