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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. When he would return to Southern California on weekends, he left the car with his parents Don and Mary Cox (featured in a previous EVA blogpost ), who became enamored with EVs, too. “It Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades. His interest grew deeper when he was an officer in the U.S.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. He helped found the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering.

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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Toyoda spoke in a news conference that was livestreamed from a memorial hall in Nagoya that serves as a museum for the founding family. In 2022, Hino Motors , a truck maker that’s also part of the Toyota group, said it had systematically falsified emissions data dating back as far as 2003. million vehicles.

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Dow and HPL Sign Li-ion Technology Transfer Agreement; Dow Kokam JV Acquires Assets of Kokam America

Green Car Congress

HPL was spun out from Professor Graetzel’s laboratory at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland) in 2003 and is focused on the development of nano-structured metal oxide energy storage materials and novel electrolytes for use in next generation lithium ion batteries.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Saturday, January 17, 2009, Santa Monica, California - Inaugural Parade West. Since 1999, Ed has been Director of the Electric Transportation Division at Southern California Edison. Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

Cars That Think

But now, Cerf sat alone in the lobby of San Francisco’s Jack Tar Hotel , on a break from a computing conference. his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. And the problem was on his mind. Cerf pulled out an envelope.

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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

Plugs and Cars

From the San Jose Mercury News : The executive director of the California Air Resources Board resigned Monday, saying the governor's office had made it impossible for her to do her job by interfering with the implementation of the state's landmark global warming law. But he seems to have a sense of what's happening on "I" Street.

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