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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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Previously under-resourced to support EV charging, this scenic artery passes near six national forests and unlocks to EV drivers some of the country’s most iconic spots, from the Snoqualmie Pass in Washington, stretching the Snake River in Idaho, spanning Arches National Park in Utah and connecting outdoor destinations like Park City and Vail.

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How To Find EV Charging Stations With the EV Connect Driver

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And that’s exactly what EV Connect has done with its EV Connect Driver App. It will focus on explaining how the app works and go over its benefits, especially as they pertain to the benefit of using the app over something like Google Maps. Part of this is because Google Maps, in a way, is trying to do too much.

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IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Vint Cerf

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Together they make up the Internet’s core architecture and enable computers to connect and exchange traffic. Since 2005, Cerf has been vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google in Reston, Va., now part of WorldCom ), headquartered in Washington, D.C., as vice president of its digital information services division.

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MIT, QCRI use AI to enrich digital maps to improve GPS navigation; RoadTagger

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However, creating detailed maps is an expensive, time-consuming process done mostly by big companies, such as Google, which sends vehicles around with cameras strapped to their hoods to capture video and images of an area’s roads. Each tile is a separate graph node, connected by lines along the road.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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But it may also signal a de-escalation of the pressure Washington has brought to bear on the Chinese company now that Huawei is on its heels. Washington embarked on an intense campaign to block Huawei, and Ms. 5G devices, meanwhile, can connect directly to each other through radio networks forming an " edge cloud " of their own.

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

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Coulomb’s project includes the deployment of electric vehicles, including 2,000 GM Volt, 200 Ford Transit Connect, 100 Ford Focus EV, and 100 Smart EV vehicles, as well as establishing 4,600 EV charging locations nationwide. Southern Michigan; and Washington, DC. Southern Michigan; and Washington, DC. Redmond, Wash.;

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. El Centro, Calif.