6 Hidden Costs Of Government Inaction On Climate Change
Federal inaction on climate change will lead to hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, by the federal government's own estimates.
But there are less obvious costs Americans face because we lack a stable climate policy.
Interest rates paid by renewable energy developers in the U.S., China, and Germany were analyzed, and found that U.S. developers pay much more. Why? Because there’s so much policy uncertainty that financial investors perceive them to be risky and are much less likely to give low interest rates.
Read the article at Forbes.
Pop-Up Chargers Bring Practical On-Street Charging Solution
Pop-up charging hubs are to start springing up on curbs in the UK – and potentially globally – to provide a unique solution to the issue of on-street charging.
According to research, 50% of urban drivers in the UK park on-street at night.
The UEone from British charging start-up Urban Electric Networks solves this by providing fast charging hubs in residential streets and on-street public parking bays that can facilitate overnight smart charging to minimize impact on the grid while retracting during the day to avoid impacting pedestrians and other road users.
Read the article at International Fleet World.
Surveillance Detection Scout for the Paranoid Tesla Owner
What to give the Tesla driver who has everything: technology that watches to make sure they're not being followed and the car isn't getting stolen.
Surveillance Detection Scout taps into three camera feeds in any Tesla electric vehicle and processes the visual data in real time to identify if someone is trying to steal or break into the vehicle.
Scout does this by using facial recognition software and an automatic license-plate reader, both of which are outlawed in some states.
Read the article at Car and Driver.
Boots & Bowties: AFLA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Join the fun for the AFLA 50th Anniversary Boots & Bowties Celebration - being held at Rustler's Rooste, an outdoor steakhouse adjacent to the Arizona Grand Resort. Dress code for this event is casual and feel free to wear your best cowboy hat, boots and/or bowtie to the cookout. Live music, fun, networking and fireworks will fill the night!
Be sure to include this special event in your conference registration or purchase individual tickets for $75. CLICK HERE to add tickets to any existing registration (by clicking on "modify existing registration”), or you can call the AFLA office at 414-386-0366 for assistance.
Motus Mobile Workforce Benchmark Report Sheds Light on U.S. Company Vehicle Programs
Motus released its 2019 Mobile Workforce Benchmark Report, which identified rising costs, increased business mileage and volatile fuel prices as key trends that affected the mobile workforce in 2018.
Motus found that the average business mileage per mobile worker increased for the fourth year in a row. Americans drove 20 billion more miles than a year ago, despite higher average fuel prices, which accounted for 25 percent of the total cost to own and operate a vehicle in 2018. These were the key factors that influenced a five percent year-over-year increase in the average annual vehicle program cost per mobile worker.
The report also found that driver safety is often overlooked by companies and that mobile workers continue to drive more miles for business than ever before.
Read more at Motus.
