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INRIX and Parkmobile bring end-to-end parking solution to the connected car

Green Car Congress

a leading provider of dynamic connected car services worldwide, and Parkmobile, the leading provider of on-demand and prepaid mobile payments for on- and off- street parking and mobility solutions, announced a strategic partnership at the annual International Parking Institute (IPI) conference. INRIX, Inc., cities, including Washington D.C.,

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Volvo Trucks, UMN partner with local fleets for extreme weather field testing of Volvo VNR Electric truck batteries

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The BTMS is a dedicated heating and cooling system connected to the batteries with the purpose of avoiding the chemical reaction slow down or potential cell damage in extreme conditions.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

Green Car Congress

Peter Slowik and Nic Lutsey analyze the connections among various state and local policies; public and workplace charging infrastructure; consumer incentives; model availability; and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid). Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

Cars That Think

However, these field lines from the rotor poles have a tendency to interfere with each other, which reduces the lines, or flux, available to connect to the corresponding stator poles. GE Aerospace declined to make a researcher available to be interviewed for this article.) It’s not only about GE.

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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation

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Monique Robroek once had such crippling arthritis that, even with the best available medications, she struggled to walk across a room. Tracey, a former neurosurgeon who leads the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y., Both Galvani and SecondWave expect to announce first-in-human data within the next year.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

But take a look at the variety of program available. She outlines the variety of choices available in a white paper. Lyft claims it is the fastest-growing ride share service and is available in 190 cities worldwide. Like they say about real estate, with car sharing it is location, location, location. In the U.S.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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Xcel president Chris Clark told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that four or five families buying EVs noticeably affects the transformer load in a neighborhood, with a family buying an EV “adding another half of their house.”

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