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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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In connection with the settlement, the United States has filed a consent decree , agreed to by Toyota, that resolves the government’s complaint through Toyota’s payment of a $180 million civil penalty and the imposition of injunctive relief. At a May 2002 meeting with EPA, Toyota presented its revised process. Representations to EPA.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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AT&T named him chief scientist, and in that position he worked on developing architecture and protocols for a large-scale Internet so that customers could connect to it from their homes. In 2002 Fraser retired and founded Fraser Research , in Princeton, N.J., He was the 2014–2015 chair of the IEEE Seoul Section.

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Here’s how your Tesla could be affected by AT&T’s 3G network shutdown

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AT&T will officially shut down its 3G network today, completing a phase-out of the near-obsolete connectivity as newer, high-speed options are now available. If you own a Model S vehicle built before June 2015, your car may be affected. 3G is simply no longer needed.

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Germany to expand nationwide network of hydrogen filling stations from 15 to 50 by 2015

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The expansion plan focuses on the country’s metropolitan regions and the creation of corridors connecting these metropolitan regions. This is to serve as a market-relevant testing of filling-station technology and ensure a needs-driven supply for the 5,000 fuel cell vehicles that are expected to be on the road in Germany at that time.

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How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

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in EE in 2002, both from Stanford. His Intermediate C Programming (CRC Press, 2015) covers programming concepts, debugging, and the connection between programming and discrete mathematics. In 2015, Lu became a principal investigator for the U.S. Lu has also written several books.

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Ford introduces new Focus ST with diesel and EcoBoost options

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Ford has sold more than 140,000 Focus ST models in 40 countries worldwide since the car was first launched in 2002. Driver assistance, convenience and connectivity technologies that will be introduced for the first time include the Ford SYNC 2 connectivity system. TDCi diesel engine. The diesel Focus ST is the most fuel?efficient

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Solaris to deliver another 48 trolleybuses to Budapest

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The vehicles will be fitted with an additional battery power supply that will allow them to drive without being connected to overhead wires. The execution of this order began in 2015. Solaris buses and trolleybuses have been present in Hungary since 2002. At first, operator BKK ordered an extra 36 trolleybuses.

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