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U of Illinois study shows reduced speed limits save lives in busy cities with minimal impact on travel time

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We estimated that the social benefits of accident reductions greatly outweighed the social costs of increased travel time. The second question is whether the reduction in accidents outweighs the social cost of increasing travel time in the highly congested city. greater than the social cost of longer travel times.

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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

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Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use. Water Resource Management : watershed, sewage, conservation, desalination. The current open prize in this area is the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP).

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

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Open source software and open data can be an extraordinary resource for furthering science,” wrote two U.S. Few existing models will meet the current thresholds, and those that do first will be models from well-resourced firms that are equipped to meet the new obligations. Economic disruption is possible too.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

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The evaluation will consider the impacts, processes, market effects and costs of the program, and will help to guide future program efforts. The trucks will be tested in various locations, including Google in the Bay Area, the City of Santa Monica and the Port of Los Angeles. Electricore Inc. Electricore Inc., Electricore Inc.,

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How To Reduce EV Charging Station Costs

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Unfortunately, many assume the costs of installing and maintaining EV stations would make them unviable for their business. Largely, these are grouped into two categories: incentives that help refund or pay for installation and maintenance , or cost-reduction programs that knock down the charges before they even hit your bank.

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2021's Top Stories About AI

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Deep Learning's Diminishing Returns : MIT's Neil Thompson and several of his collaborators captured the top spot with a thoughtful feature article about the computational and energy costs of training deep learning systems.

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Should Parking Companies Create Their Own EV Charging Networks?

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It draws resources away from your core business of parking lot management. The costs associated with using a pre-existing network are much less than trying to design and manage your own. You will appear on map services like Google Maps and PlugShare that show drivers where EV chargers are located.