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Meijer to Test Electric Trucks in Cold Weather Environment

Green Fleet Magazine

Meijer will track performance of two all-electric Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia trucks in a cold weather environment as part of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

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5 great electric cars still eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant

Drive EV

Yesterday the UK Government announced immediate changes to the Plug-In car Grant, reducing the value to £2,500 and the number of models eligible. The value of the grant has been reduced by £500 to £2,500 and is only available on cars under £35,000. Additionally, MG has committed to topping up the grant to £3,000 until March 31, 2021.

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Octopus launches ‘Electric Dreams’ – An EV leasing company unlocking salary sacrifice for businesses

Drive EV

Additional government and council incentives including grants and waived congestion fees. Octopus will provide first-class customer service for both the businesses and employees. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars. Access to EV Specialists to help them through their journey.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

Cars That Think

Then he remembered a 1940s college class he had taken that covered the use of a planimeter to calculate area. (A also exceeds the rights granted in a November 198S agreement in which Microsoft acknowledged that the displays in Windows 1.0 In 1964, Douglas Engelbart , a research project leader at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif.,

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

There was a rivalry in Datamation [magazine] advertisements between Xerox’s SDS and DEC,” recalled Alan Kay, who came to PARC as a researcher from Stanford University ‘s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in late 1970. “It’s a little hard to do language research and compiler research without having a machine,” said Mitchell.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. On 13 acres and just a 15 minute drive from the Park’s southern entrance. There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. On 13 acres and just a 15 minute drive from the Park’s southern entrance. There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras.

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