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N. American usage of car2go one-way carshare up 40% in 1H 2017 year-on-year to >4.5M trips

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North America’s largest flexible one-way carsharing service, saw a significant increase in use of its service during the first six months of 2017. Usage of car2go increased by 40% year-over-year in the first half of 2017 compared to the first half of 2016 across all 11 of the service’s North American locations, with more than 4.5

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Chevron invests in nuclear fusion start-up Zap Energy

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a Seattle-based start-up company developing a next-generation modular nuclear reactor with an innovative approach to advancing cost-effective, flexible, and commercially scalable fusion. A Compact Fusion Device based on the Sheared Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch ” ALPHA Annual Review Meeting 2017. Resources. “

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Puget Sound Clean Air Agency soliciting proposals for heavy-duty engine upgrade technologies

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Up to $200,000 is available for this project, which seeks to identify cost-effective options to retrofit older Class-8 tractor trailers that currently move cargo to and from the Port of Seattle. Approximately 2,000 trucks currently service the Port of Seattle; many of them do not meet this standard.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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The expansion to Brooklyn marks the company’s first expansion beyond the West Coast of the United States; the service currently operates in Seattle and Portland. ReachNow’s Ride on-demand service will launch as a pilot program in Seattle on 8 Dec. The ReachNow Ride scheduling feature will be widely available to members in early 2017.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Alone, the federal government plans to purchase more than 500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or EVs in fiscal year 2017. This will result in a significantly smaller, lighter weight, less expensive battery pack (below $100/kWh) and more affordable EVs. City of Seattle. Municipal fleet electrification. Clean Future, Inc.

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Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes

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CMOS fab to mass-produce complex devices by the thousands to make them affordable to research labs. Adoption has skyrocketed since 2017. Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, the Gatsby Foundation , and the Wellcome Trust to fund the intensive R&D needed to produce a working prototype. We would need to use Imec’s.

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Volkswagen’s Golf Alltrack challenges the Subaru Outback; directions for 4MOTION and vehicle dynamics

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With the arrival of the new Golf Alltrack, the all-wheel-drive derivative of the Golf SportWagen, in US dealer showrooms in October, Volkswagen of America is offering an affordable, upscale and very fun-to-drive (more on this below) entry into an underserved market segment: all-wheel-drive wagons.

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