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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. She was awarded a partial scholarship to attend North Carolina State University , in Raleigh, where her father taught chemistry after leaving UAB. This year IEEE President-Elect Tom Coughlin interviewed Parker for her IEEE History Center oral history. in Charlotte.

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Nissan and Europcar Form EV Partnership

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Europcar Groupe has already implemented numerous environmental initiatives within the scope of a Green charter certified by Bureau Veritas in June 2008. Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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There are 16 available NECO Series models (as of June 23): Tiida, Tiida Latio, Cube, Note, Wingroad, Serena, X-TRAIL, Lafesta, AD/AD Expert, March, Presage, Pino, Otti, Atlas H43, NV200 Vanette and Moco. Introduction of an original EV test vehicle in August 2008. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C. The reduction target was 7%.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Some of these vehicles may be available for demonstrations using the available contact info. Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@. Advanced Energy , Prius by Hymotion and Advanced Vehicle Research Center, July 2007, (Raleigh, NC).

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Nissan signs electric car alliance with Europcar

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Europcar Groupe has already implemented numerous environmental initiatives within the scope of a Green charter certified by Bureau Veritas in June 2008, including a recent announcement to display CO2 data for all its vehicle rentals. To date the Alliance has signed two final agreements in Europe with Portugal and the Principality of Monaco.

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