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Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Our EAASV group had a tour of the Lightning facility in San Jose and a field trip to the company’s new location in Hollister a couple of years ago,” Pohorsky said. Email Address.

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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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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. The administration was tying their hands behind their back."

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", See our frequent comments at our news archive. Bloomberg News ). San Jose Mercury News ).

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How the Inventor of DSL Altered the Course of Connectivity

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government was in the midst of splitting up the Bell System, so he left the company to work for IBM in San Jose, Calif., In 2003 he founded Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment —ASSIA, a backronym for his wife and co-founder, Assia Cioffi—to achieve the goal. degrees he pursued during paid leaves. as a research staff member.

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