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Prototype PNNL, UW webapp predicts parking space availability for delivery drivers

Green Car Congress

The webapp combines curbside maps with data from nearly 300 sensors placed within 74 parking spaces in commercial and passenger loading zones from 1 st to 3 rd avenues and between Battery and Stewart streets in the Belltown neighborhood in downtown Seattle.

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Portable Life-Support Device Provides Critical Care in Conflict and Disaster Zones

Cars That Think

He named it after the Toronto neighborhood where he still lives — Thornhill Medical. MADM is a portable device (capable of functioning on extreme terrain) which connects to any ventilator to deliver gas anaesthesia. Operators based in Seattle successfully controlled remotely a device based in Toronto.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Lyft claims it is the fastest-growing ride share service and is available in 190 cities worldwide.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. making the final connection between the existing public access LNG fuel infrastructure in Southern California and the LNG fuel stations being developed in Utah. Total DOE award: $12,975,388.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Subsequently, McNeil traveled to Seattle to purchase an already converted AMC Hornet 4-door sedan, and then towed the car back to Colorado. “I “I ordered a controller from a company in California, which used a single power Darlington transistor, and 4 deep cycle 12-volt batteries.” So I took it upon myself to help keep its memory alive.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. We did a ribbon cutting for Kitsap Transit, which is right across from Seattle. Charged : What’s involved with installing the vehicle-side system?