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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

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East Austin | Wine bar Birdie’s is not just another wine bar. PRIYA KRISHNA 2944 East 12th Street, Unit A; no phone; birdiesaustin.com The chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph made a name for himself in Austin with the pastries at Emmer & Rye and Hestia , which he co-owns. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items.

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Daimlers car-sharing service car2go expands to Canada

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First launched in Ulm, Germany three years ago, car2go was successfully rolled out a year later in North America in Austin, Texas. To date, a total of more than 35,000 customers have joined the car2go program in Ulm and Austin. A newly created company, car2go Canada Ltd.,

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GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

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s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc. OnStar and General Motors are partnering in the Pecan Street Inc.’s Pecan Street also offered a limited number of rebates for the Nissan Leaf and Prius PHV.

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

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Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care.

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Study links California regulations, significant declines in cancer risk from exposure to air toxics

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Neighborhoods in freight corridors, including those near ports, will especially benefit. Ralph Propper, Patrick Wong, Son Bui, Jeff Austin, William Vance, Álvaro Alvarado, Bart Croes, and Dongmin Luo (2015) “Ambient and Emission Trends of Toxic Air Contaminants in California” Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02766.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Green Car Congress had the opportunity recently to have a discussion with Mark Donaghy, the Global Marketing Manager for Valence Technology, Inc., Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. Click to enlarge. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs.

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Researchers use Google Street View cars for high-resolution air pollution mapping

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Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues have. In comparison, the mobile approach outlined in the paper and led by researchers at UT Austin, maps air pollution every 100 feet, or at about four to five locations along a single city block. —Kyle Messier, a UT Austin postdoc and a co-author.

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