Month: January 2023

Falling Used-Car Demand Puts Pressure on Carvana and Other Dealers – The New York Times

About a year ago, the used-car business was a rollicking party. The coronavirus pandemic and a global semiconductor shortage forced automakers to stop or slow production, pushing consumers to used-car lots. Prices for pre-owned vehicles surged.

Now, the used-car business is suffering a brutal hangover. Americans, especially people on tight budgets, are buying fewer cars as interest rates rise and fears of a recession grow. And improved auto production has eased the shortage of new vehicles.

As a result, sales and prices of used cars are falling and the dealers that specialize in them are hurtin…….

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Used Car of the Day: 2019 Ford Transit – TheTruthAboutCars

Trying this again, after gremlins ate the first post. We’re all about that van life around these parts, and we’re intrigued by this $50K 2019 Ford Transit Connect.

The seller is the original owner and loved using it for cycling. It has 62,000 miles on the clock and custom features like captain’s chairs, a bed, and a shelf. Those are removable or reconfigurable.

Other features include the 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine, a 3.31 limited-slip differential, 16-inch wheels, cruise control, remote keyless entry, and a heavy-duty towing package.

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From Information to Awareness: The Shift Needed for Sustainable … – NewsOnAIR

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Sustainable living tips that everyone can do is the focus of a new … – Baltimore Sun

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Forsee Power Partners With CALB for the Supply of Battery Cells … – businesswire.com

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News:

Forsee Power (FR0014005SB3 – FORSE), an expert in smart battery systems for sustainable electromobility, is partnering with Chinese cell manufacturer and global leader in new energy technology CALB, for the sourcing of very high energy density cells to be integrated into its battery systems.

CALB is the first Forsee Power supplier to go through their new due diligence process, including a third-party audit as the Group is strengthening its responsible procurement approach.

CALB, a major cell supplier specialized in commercial vehicles technologies

Created in 2007, CALB (CALB Co., Ltd) is a global leader in…….

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Evanston’s indoor farmers market returns – Daily Northwestern

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The Evanston indoor farmers’ market. Stefan Markov of The Naked Truffle and Todd Allison of River Valley Ranch are regular vendors at the farmers’ market.

Despite wintry weather, local vendors converge at the Evanston Ecology Center on select Saturday mornings for the city’s indoor farmers market. 

“We as small businesses are always looking to promote our products, and in-person is the way to do that,” said Misala Calakovic, owner of vegan cosmetics company Journey: One Bar at a Time. 

For a total of 10 dates between January and April, residents can shop for baked goods, ha…….

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Three Georgia Tech Professors Named 2022 AAAS Fellows | News … – Georgia Tech News Center

Recognized among the nation’s most distinguished leaders, three Georgia Tech professors have been selected as Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2022.

A trio of Georgia Tech professors has joined the ranks among the nation’s most distinguished leaders in science, engineering, and innovation, as Marion Usselman, Loren Williams, and Samuel Graham have been named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows for 2022. 

The world’s largest general scientific society, AAAS has been awarding the honor since 1874. With the addition of Usselma…….

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MIT study finds huge carbon cost to self-driving cars – Dezeen

The widespread adoption of self-driving cars will create a major bump in carbon emissions without changes to their design, a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found.

The study found that with a mass global takeup of autonomous vehicles, the powerful onboard computers needed to run them could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centres in operation today.

These data centres currently produce around 0.14 gigatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to the entire output of Argentina or around 0.3 per cent of global emissions, according to the researchers.

A similar amount would be generated by one billion aut…….

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Report: Colorado’s education system is in crisis, and teachers are feeling it – Colorado Public Radio

Colorado’s education system is in a state of crisis, leaving many teachers feeling overworked, underpaid, not respected and worried that large, systemic issues connected to underfunding are hurting their students.

That’s according to the annual State of Education report from the largest teacher’s union in the state, the Colorado Education Association. The report includes survey results from 1,600 of the association’s 39,000 educators and school staff.

The survey found 85 percent of educators say the classroom teacher shortage in their school is worse this year than in previous years. Sixty percent say they’re considering leaving the profession in the near future…….

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Students Lost One-Third of a School Year to Pandemic, Study Finds – The New York Times

Children experienced learning deficits during the Covid pandemic that amounted to about one-third of a school year’s worth of knowledge and skills, according to a new global analysis, and had not recovered from those losses more than two years later.

Learning delays and regressions were most severe in developing countries and among students from low-income backgrounds, researchers said, worsening existing disparities and threatening to follow children into higher education and the work force.

The analysis, published Monday in the journal Nature Human Behavior and drawing on data from 15 count…….

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