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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

As gas engine powertrains typically have 100 times the number of parts of an EV powertrain, I have only paid $300 for maintenance: comprising three tire rotations and one cabin air filter, after four years of ownership. My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

When we raced the Lightnings in Cleveland, the organizers had to pay to be on the schedule, but they had money from electric utilities,” Erb explained. “We We usually choose the grocery stores and malls that have installed chargers.” We show up at a parking lot and we’ll shoot the breeze.

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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

The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. as well as administrative and dispatch services.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enable Reliable Non-Destructive Characterization of Additively Manufactured Parts using X-ray CT, $756,689. Johnson-Matthey (Cleveland, United Kingdom). First Solar Inc. Santa Clara, California). Blue Frontier, LLC (Parkland, Florida).

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Cars That Think

Half of them are in the front part and the other half are in the rear part. Daltorio from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and University of Portland, in Portland, Oregon, USA. The word “AngGo” is pronounced like a Korean word meaning “sit down and move.” There are 6 ToF distance sensors around AngGo.

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