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UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

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Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. The paper is published in the journal Nature Energy. —Alan Jenn.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Gave This Boston University Student Tools to Succeed

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As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. program and even personal advice such as managing a work-life balance.” Since the program launched last year, Greene says, more than 40 people from five continents have participated.

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Michigan, Cavnue to create corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles between Ann Arbor and Detroit

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At its core, the project is designed to be “future-proofed” and to evolve to meet transportation goals, beginning with connected buses and shared mobility vehicles such as vans and shuttles, and expanding to additional types of CAVs such as freight and personal vehicles.

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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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For a fixed monthly fee and mileage allowance, similar in expenditure to leasing and running a new family-sized hatchback, the company will cover all repair, maintenance, insurance and fuel expenses. Customers will simply exchange or return the car at the end of the ownership period.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Nearly every day since she was a child, Alex Leow, a psychiatrist and computer scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago, has played the piano. Compared to a healthy user [top], a person experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder [middle] or depression [bottom] may use their phone more than usual and late at night.

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Move Over, Tractor—the Farmer Wants a Crop-Spraying Drone

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Today, Erickson is the CEO of Houston-based Hylio , a company that builds crop-spraying drones for farmers. Launched in 2015, the company has its own factory and employs more than 40 people. They designed a spray system and made some software tweaks, and by 2018 the company began offering crop-spraying services, Erickson says.

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Tesla owners’ photo mosaic will be sent to space in SpaceX flight this August

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In 2018, Tesla launched a novel reward as part of its updated referral program. Few details were provided by Tesla then, though the company noted that its “Launch Your Photo into Deep Space Orbit” reward would involve the company laser-etching any photo of the owner’s choice and sending it to deep space.

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