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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Columbus, OH has been selected as the winner of the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. As winner of the Challenge, Columbus will receive up to $40 million from US DOT and up to $10 million from Paul G. Earlier post.) Allen’s Vulcan Inc. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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EV me out to the ballgame

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Ohio chapter scores with Reds Minor League Baseball By Rap Hankins, Member, Drive Electric Dayton. Day Air Ballpark on day of Drive Electric Dayton event. My family and I have had our first electric vehicle (EV), a VW ID.4, We had 35 EVs of all makes, models and shapes, including a Ford F-150 Lightning truck. The result?

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Life senior member, 94; died 4 July. After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. Except for a short period volunteering for the Defense Electric Power Administration during the Korean War, he spent his entire career at AEP.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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The electrical and computer engineering senior design project team is working with the North Carolina State civil, construction, and environmental engineering and biological and agricultural engineering departments to implement the solution. “You Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

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EVHybridNoire members at the Atlanta National Drive Electric Week event. With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.”

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

EVHybridNoire members at the Atlanta National Drive Electric Week event. With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.”

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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The research, led by Associate Professor Brian Stone, shows that expected levels of CO 2 emissions from cars and trucks in 2050 could be reduced back to close to 2000 levels if the full vehicle fleet was converted to hybrid electric vehicles—a greater reduction in CO 2 emissions than achieved by two smart growth scenario modelled in the study.

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