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FHWA makes BAA awards for Phase 1 Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment

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Key Team Members/Partners: Center for Automotive Research, Pennsylvania State University, SAE International, Saia LTL Freight, Volvo Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The project is funded by the ITS JPO. Phase 1 awards are: Team Lead: Battelle. Proposed Platooning Location: Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania.

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Canada’s ATS objectives to manage the battery gather when it comes automation

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ATS has delivered greater than 110 battery meeting methods to shoppers international, with maximum of its early orders coming from Europe ahead of the hot shift to North The usa. Everything changes,” he stated. Just one thing doesn’t change, and that’s the launch date.” Rising battery industry has added to this tally.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture. in systems engineering at Ohio State University , in Columbus.

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Ford Testing Intelligent System for Plug-in Vehicle to Grid Communication to Manage Charging

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The first of the specially equipped plug-in hybrids has been delivered to American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. Magna International, the supplier jointly developing the Ford Focus battery electric vehicle passenger car for 2011. US Department of Energy. Southern California Edison.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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Inventor of the First AI System That Could Read Handwriting Dies at 72

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in computer and information science in 1976 from Ohio State University , in Columbus. Megargel worked as an electrical engineer for several companies including General Electric , Valley Forge , and International Signal and Control. Srihari went on to earn a Ph.D. Former head of Mitre’s space surveillance systems. James, N.Y.,

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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