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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Overall, Pike Research expects sales of PEVs to grow steadily until 2015, followed by accelerating sales from 2015 through 2020 to reach nearly 1.7 In the nearer term, by 2014, success will be measured at 5% or 6% of that market. million by 2020.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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The markets of Charlotte, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Providence, and Virginia Beach showed charging infrastructure growth of approximately 30% to 80%, corresponding with at least a doubling of their electric vehicle uptake from 2015 to 2016.

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Ford CEO: Ford to focus on 5 key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance

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In a pre-Christmas media event, Ford president and CEO Mark Fields said while 2014 was a good year for the company, 2015 has the potential to be a “ breakthrough year ”. The appointment is effective 5 Jan 2015. That’s a tremendous amount of growth. He will report to Bob Shanks, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

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Refugees are up-cycling their discarded life jackets and dinghies

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The up-cycling projects essentially come in two parts: Safe Passage Bags This workshop started back in 2015 and is now one of the prime integration projects at Lesvos Solidarity. Written by Charlotte Dautzenberg Image by Gerd Altmann. If you would like to learn more about Lesvos Solidarity and the amazing work they do, click here.

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Lithium Technology Corporation enters strategic alliance and investment agreement with FN Group for large format Li-ion packs for automotive applications

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The award of warrants is tied to the achievement of a series of performance targets with the last target being in 2015. In summary, the maximum number of shares issuable to the FN Group under the terms of the warrants is 4.9

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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In 2015 Dresselhaus became the first female recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor. Another, who at the time was a junior faculty member at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, recalled the thoughtful, critical input and encouragement Dresselhaus provided about her research during a visit to the faculty member’s lab.