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Best deals on plug-in, electric, and hybrid cars for June 2019

Green Car Reports

This month, rising interest rates and sparse inventories are cutting into the great deals that automakers have recently offered on plug-in and electric cars. That deal, however, is on the Fiat 500e, which is only sold in California and Oregon.

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First drive review: Is 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid electric enough?

Green Car Reports

You don’t have to look long to see the counterculture influences that persist around Eugene, Oregon.

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

In the 2019 budget, the Government of Canada announced rebates of up to $5,000 for consumers on the purchase of zero-emission vehicles. California has allocated $238 million in its 2019 budget for incentives to purchase electric and fuel cell vehicles, with a focus on low-income consumers and in disadvantaged communities.

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How USB Came to Be

Cars That Think

The IEEE Oregon Section sponsored the nomination. There are better ways of working with computers, and this is just too difficult,’” he said in a 2019 interview with Fast Company. where he met with engineers from different tech companies who also were looking into developing a plug-and-play scheme.

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

Baua Electric

The employees opened the panel, known as a door plug, because work needed to be done to its rivets — which are often used to join and secure parts on planes — said the person, who asked for anonymity because the person isn’t authorized to speak publicly while the National Transportation Safety Board conducts an investigation.

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

Baua Electric

The panel, known as a door plug, was opened to repair damaged rivets on the plane’s fuselage, according to Boeing’s records. The report did not say who removed the bolts keeping the door plug in place. provided a photograph of the door plug after it was reinstalled but before the interior was restored. As evidence, the N.T.S.B.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Electric (Battery) Forecasts Plug-ins' million tons.

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