Oct 10 Local News Ford Motors Unveils Accident Prevention Technology Ford Motor Company is showing off new technology in Louisville that allows cars to communicate with each other. The technology would help prevent some 80 percent of all light-vehicle crashes, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report. Ford demonstrated its research project in the parking lot at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The cars […] By Devin Katayama Oct 10 Local News Ford Motors Unveils Accident Prevention Technology Devin Katayama
Jun 11 Local News New Study Reveals Higher Heart Risk from Soot An updated analysis of data from the mid 1990s has revealed that people with lower levels of education and in low income households are at greater risk from fine particulate – or soot—pollution. By Kristin Espeland Jun 11 Local News New Study Reveals Higher Heart Risk from Soot Kristin Espeland
May 27 Environment Planned Battery Plant Will Face Tech Hurdles Backers of a proposed lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant slated to be built in Glendale, Kentucky are hoping the U.S. Department of Energy will approve the application for funding they’ve just submitted. If granted, those funds could result in the nation’s first large-scale vehicle battery plant. But getting the funding is only clearing the first hurdle. By Kristin Espeland May 27 Environment Planned Battery Plant Will Face Tech Hurdles Kristin Espeland
Oct 14 Environment Vegas or Bust: Homemade Vehicles Race for the Finish Whichever image comes to mind, you have to hand it to the adventurous--and slightly nutty--competitors in the Escape from Berkeley race. Competitors race from Berkeley to Las Vegas (about a 600 mile drive) in a vehicle that runs on anything but petroleum-based fuels. By Kristin Espeland Oct 14 Environment Vegas or Bust: Homemade Vehicles Race for the Finish Kristin Espeland
Sep 18 Local News EPA Waives Need to Use Cleaner-Burning Gas to Ease Supplies Several counties are usually under orders to use only RFG because of their smog problems. But RFG is in short supply. So through the end of September, gas suppliers in those areas can look to more readily available fuels. By Kristin Espeland Sep 18 Local News EPA Waives Need to Use Cleaner-Burning Gas to Ease Supplies Kristin Espeland