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Lung Association cites health benefits of electric vehicles HEALTH

DOCTOR ON DUTY
By KAITLYN FRANCIS of which require auto manu-
Capital News Service facturers to have a certain Oranjestad
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Af- number of the cleanest car Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
ter being in the groove of technologies available, Tel. 527 4000
driving around in an elec- such as full battery-elec- San Nicolas
tric vehicle, Ronald Kalten- tric, hydrogen fuel cell,
baugh tried driving his last and plug-in hybrid-electric Imsan 24 hours
Tel.524 8833
gas car, which had been vehicles. Women in Difficulties
passed to his daughter. But The report also calls for PHARMACY ON DUTY
all he could taste and smell funding for additional
were the fumes. charging infrastructure Oranjestad:
Kaltenbaugh, president of along major highways and Kibrahacha Tel. 583 4908
San Nicolas:
the Electric Vehicle Asso- roads, and to make vehi- Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833
ciation of Greater Wash- cle registration fees struc- Women in Difficulties
ington, D.C., an electric tured to support electric OTHER
vehicle driver since 2012, In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's au- vehicle “deployment and Dental Clinic 587 9850
said he will never go back tonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit. complement—rather than Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
to gas-powered, and en- Associated Press counteract—consumer in- Urgent Care 586 0448
courages others to do the ergy back into the battery. actions, such as adopting centives.” q Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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same. This limits the particle pollu- the stricter California zero- Women in Difficulties
Maryland could save up tion from brake dust, also emission standards for pas- EMERGENCY
to 100 lives and $1.3 billion an environmental plus. senger vehicles and medi-
in public health benefits in The report calls for state um- and heavy-duty trucks, Police 100
527 3140
Oranjestad
2050 by transitioning to all- Noord 527 3200
electric vehicles over the Sudoku Sta. Cruz 527 2900
next 30 years, according to San Nicolas 584 5000
a recent “Road to Clean Police Tipline 11141
Air” report from the Ameri- Ambulancia 911
can Lung Association. Fire Dept. 115
582 2219
Red Cross
As of September, there
were 15,516 electric vehi- TAXI SERVICES
cles registered in Maryland, Taxi Tas 587 5900
according to the Maryland Prof. Taxi 588 0035
Motor Vehicle Administra- Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
tion. Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
Kevin Stewart, director of A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
environmental health at Women in Difficulties
the American Lung Asso- TRAVEL INFO
ciation, said that the key Aruba Airport 524 2424
to this plan is to lay out American Airlines 582 2700
the infrastructure, such as Avianca 588 0059
transitioning to more pub- Jet Blue 588 2244
lic transportation and hav- Surinam 582 7896
ing legal and economic Women in Difficulties
incentives to encourage AID FOUNDATIONS
electric vehicle use. FAVI- Visually Impaired
“That kind of investment is Tel. 582 5051
something that American
Lung Association believes Solution on Page 14 Alcoholics Anonymous
Tel. 736 2952
we really need to do be- Narcotics Anonymous
cause this, (transportation), Tel. 583 8989
is the largest sector of the Women in Difficulties
economy as far as caus- Tel. 583 5400
ing air pollution problems Centre for Diabetes
in the United States,” Stew- Tel. 524 8888
art said. Kaltenbaugh said Child Abuse Prevention
Tel. 582 4433
that 90% of his car-charg-
ing is done at home, and Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
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he has never experienced General Info
a problem finding a charg-
ing station when on road Phone Directory Tel. 118
trips because of locator
apps, such as Plugshare.
There are at least 785
charging stations in Mary-
land, according to the U.S.
Department of Energy.
Electric vehicles also use
regenerative braking, in
which the motor slows the
vehicle down by working in
reverse, putting kinetic en-