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Route Zero Relay Kicks Off EV Road Trip

Electric Auto Association

The inaugural Route Zero Road Trip targets clean air standards and the open road with American-powered electric vehicles visiting Old Route 66 destinations. Route Zero Road Trip celebrates clean air standards and American-powered electric vehicles by visiting destinations on the old Route 66.

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CALSTART launching E-Truck Task Force

Green Car Congress

CALSTART, the California operating division of WestStart, a North American advanced transportation technologies consortium, is creating an E-Truck Task Force (E-TTF) to accelerate the development of electric and zero-emissions medium-and heavy-duty vehicles.

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GM adds 3 acres of solar arrays in Michigan

Green Car Congress

partnered to use aggregation software and solar charging canopies with integrated storage to manage the flow of solar power to benefit the electric grid, operated by PJM Interconnection. GM, OnStar and energy service company TimberRock Energy Solutions, Inc. GM, OnStar and energy service company TimberRock Energy Solutions, Inc.

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Maryland commits to ban on gas vehicle sales

Teslarati

pic.twitter.com/qR7R20fvAW — Governor Wes Moore (@GovWesMoore) March 13, 2023 “This is a policy that was created in California,” House Minority Leader Jason Buckel said in a statement to the Baltimore Sun. “ It is based on California’s economy, California’s transportation needs, and California’s electrical grid.”

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics. As a senior in high school, Smith entered an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Enginners (IEEE) competition in Baltimore describing a project on computers and small EVs.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

Cars That Think

In 1944 Skolnik joined the American Institute of Electrical Engineers , one of IEEE’s predecessor societies. in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1945 from Northwestern University , in Evanston, Ill. After returning to France, he earned his Ph.D.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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