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Survey: Local governments see EV charging as costly, lower-priority

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More local governments across Michigan see EV charging as a relevant issue, but the number is still fairly low, according to a new University of Michigan survey , and those interested in EV charging see cost as a barrier.

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Deep Learning’s Diminishing Returns

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Deep learning is a modern incarnation of the long-running trend in artificial intelligence that has been moving from streamlined systems based on expert knowledge toward flexible statistical models. For example, rule-based approaches to translating languages such as Urdu, Arabic, and Malay outperformed statistical ones—at first.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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Because of their unique luminescent, electrochemical, and magnetocrystalline properties, rare-earth elements are essential to some of the most important and fastest-growing tech-based industries. That critical importance of rare-earths in so many tech industries is of mounting concern in many Western countries.

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EV Chargers for All!

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Wading through the wealth of rental statistics from sources like the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and the Urban Institute , I discovered the full scope and complexity of the impediments involved. Some states, like California, require liability insurance to cover damage or injuries that may result from the charger as well.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Stellantis is offering certain higher salaried US employees separation packages to help its “transformation to become a sustainable tech mobility company and the market leader in low-emissions vehicles,” a company spokesperson said. A Princeton University study estimates that somewhere between 777,000 to 5.1 Ford is not alone.

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

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The company has sold some 950 buses to transit agencies, airports, universities, national parks and private companies in 43 states and provinces. Like a certain California EV-maker, Proterra has found it expedient to develop many components in-house. Charged : How far away are we from seeing buses electrified all over the US?

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM DAVID KUCK University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “For pioneering work in vector and parallel computer architecture, software, and compilers that enables many performance-sensitive applications.” VAIDYANATHAN Caltech “For contributions to theory and practice of statistical, graph, and distributed signal processing.”

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