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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

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We have a shared vision of how people, goods and ideas will be transported in the future, as well as the safety and regulatory ecosystem that will underpin that transportation. headquartered in Mountain View, California, builds electric transportation solutions to free people from traffic and decrease carbon footprint. Kitty Hawk Corp.,

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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Ultimately, SpinLaunch’s Orbital Accelerator will accelerate a launch vehicle containing a satellite up to 5,000 miles per hour using a rotating carbon-fiber-arm within a 300-ft diameter steel vacuum chamber. After full review, NASA and SpinLaunch will publish all non-proprietary launch environment information from the test flight.

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Ford installing GE WattStation chargers, charging network at facilities

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As a result, the company will be able to gather comprehensive information on electrified vehicle use, such as the number of hours vehicles are charging and the amount of carbon dioxide reduced. Ford’s WattStation charging station units will be networked together. In 1892, Edison co-founded General Electric.

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Study finds drone-based delivery could reduce GHG emissions and energy use in the transportation sector, if deployed sensibly

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Several companies are developing programs for package delivery using drones, including Amazon, Google, UPS and Deutsche Post DHL. The range of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) intensities of electricity in the US is represented by comparing results from low-carbon California to relatively high-carbon Missouri. Stolaroff et al.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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To give you an idea of just how meaningful this is, Tesla produced less than 50,000 cars last year. Through its Alphabet holding company , Google is also getting into the game with plans for a self-driving car. Some contracts in China, according to Bloomberg, have seen over $23,000.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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Reply to this comment by TotallyMadeUpName April 7, 2009 7:34 AM PDT Bike lanes were designed with the idea of carrying vehicles that are about 2 feet wide, with , of course, padding on each side. Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma. Email Neal.

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