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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

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He was a communications electronics officer at Yaak Air Force Station , in Montana. His project led to the development of a device worn on a person's finger that measures blood pressure during physical exercise. After graduating, he joined RCA Laboratories in Princeton, N.J., as a researcher but was called to active duty by the U.S.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

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Then there is the willingness of hundreds of millions of ICE vehicle drivers the world over to alter their personal behaviors, lifestyles, and for many their livelihoods, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Rural areas make up 86 percent of U.S. land area, and 60 million of America’s population. Rural driving requirements are different.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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Some states like Montana, for example, it’s less populous, but a big state, so how do you put that infrastructure in place? I personally believe that there should be 60% EVs in 2030, because a recent study by the International Energy Agency [found] that we need 60% EVs globally by 2030. Margo Oge: Yes. I would suspect so.

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