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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Automakers will push for changes in the California ZEV mandates. California’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) regulations require volume automakers to sell a minimum number of PEVs each year in the state. By 2022, not even California will meet the 10% ZEV requirement. PEV makers pursue revenue beyond vehicle sales.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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Then we figured out how to move those objects, shade them, and light them before rendering them as frames of a movie. Because California is a community-property state, George effectively lost half his fortune overnight. In the airport limo on our return trip to California, we came up with a Hail Mary—go to Steve Jobs.

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

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Last month, I completed my GRID Alternatives volunteer training in San Diego and this Monday and Tuesday I’ll be in El Cajon, California as one of the volunteers installing a solar PV system on a new Habitat for Humanity home. The EPN has been around since 2001 and to be honest, I should have gotten involved with them a long time ago.

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GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

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The researchers began by comparing behavioral models of the three vehicles with trip information from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) of US travel behavior, conducted by the Department of Transportation (DOT). In general, the study uses a 2005 EPA estimate of California average electric generation emissions (0.32

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The Story Behind Pixar’s RenderMan CGI Software

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RenderMan, a project launched by computer graphics pioneer Edwin Catmull , is behind much of today’s computer-generated imagery and animation, including in the recent fan favorites Avatar: The Way of Water , The Mandalorian , and Nimona. It randomly picks points —which eliminates jaggies and the interference of light. headquarters.

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Flat Lenses Made of Nanostructures Transform Tiny Cameras and Projectors

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The lenses in our mobile devices typically collect and direct incoming light by refraction, using a curve in a transparent material, usually plastic, to bend the rays. These nanostructures use a phenomenon called metasurface optics to direct and focus light. For one, the flat edges of facets become sources of stray light.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

California Is the Place You Want To Be. Just as we also see California for what it is – the most energy efficient state in the the USA and the only logical model for the rest of the country to follow. I learned all bout this in Joe Romm’s great book, “Hell and High Water&# (c) 2007).

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