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NM Air Quality Decision-Makers Vote to Continue New Clean Car Standards

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The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted 4-1 yesterday to reject a challenge to newly enacted clean car standards. Subsequently, the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board voted unanimously to reject the challenge. According to.

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Albuquerque Faces Opposition To EV Charging Requirement For Developers

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When it comes to EV charging, everyone wants someone else to do it. That’s the challenge I’ve seen as I’ve pushed for more EV charging in rural New Mexico. Businesses want a charging company to pay for the station.

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New Mexico adopts Clean Cars Rule

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The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) have each adopted the Clean Car Rule after a joint public hearing. Their independent approval of the Clean Car Rule allows California’s Advanced Clean Cars to be implemented statewide in New Mexico beginning 1 July 2022.

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New Mexico Hits the Gas on Cleaner Cars

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By Kathy Harris & Noah Long New Mexicans will now be able to buy cleaner, zero-emission vehicles in the state, thanks to Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) standards unanimously adopted by the Joint Albuquerque New Mexico Environmental Improvement and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Boards (“Boards”).

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Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group adding testing center in New Mexico

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Now, the Autonomous Technology Group will extend its testing to New Mexico by building up a new testing center in Albuquerque. The team in Oregon, will continue focusing on the development of vehicle safety systems, which are critical for delivering the safety standards for self-driving trucks today and in the future. Earlier post.).

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Daimler Trucks and Torc partner with Luminar to enable automated trucking; Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar

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As part of their joint commitment to safety, the companies will also collaborate on safety standards and operating practices, and make future policy advancements and safety enhancements as a result of the joint program. The partnership between Luminar and Daimler Trucks will extend beyond providing critical automotive technology solutions.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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in 1966 in EE from the University of New Mexico , in Albuquerque. Originally proposed as an image-compression technique, DCT is now an industry standard in image and video coding, commonly used to store and transmit JPEG images as well as MPEG video files. He received a Ph.D. In the early 1970s, he began working with.