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Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

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Katie Davis, Trane Technologies The colder the temperature outside, the harder heat pumps must work to extract and move enough heat to maintain the home’s temperature. They couldn’t get the lab any colder than that, so we had to cut the power to get the heat pump to turn off,” Davis says. So far, the efforts seem to be working.

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Electrify America announces $200M Cycle 2 zero emission vehicle investment plan for California

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Electrify America announced its next $200-million investment in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure as well as education and awareness in California which is outlined in its Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan submitted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period, which begins in July 2019.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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Electrify America and the City of Sacramento announced new projects that will increase access to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in the Sacramento region, expand ZEV technology use, and prepare the City for future electric vehicle adoption. GIG Car Share will initially launch with 260 vehicles. mile “Home Zone.”

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Codeveloper of NASA’s Newest Lunar Retroreflector Dies at 78

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Christopher Davis Codeveloper of a lunar retroreflector Life Fellow, 78; died 1 April Davis taught engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park for 48 years. It is scheduled to fly to the moon this year aboard a Firefly vehicle. in physics in 1970 from the University of Manchester.

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Electrify America invests $1.3M in SMUD Energy StorageShares program

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The Energy StorageShares program developed by SMUD offers an innovative approach to invest in the electrical grid here in Sacramento and lowering our costs in lieu of installing individual battery storage systems at each of our 12 electric vehicle charging stations powered by SMUD.

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First EVs in new car-sharing program with Envoy to roll out in Sacramento; 142 e-Golfs by early 2019; Sac-to-Zero

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The first of hundreds of electric car-sharing vehicles coming to Sacramento, California as part of Electrify America’s $44-million investment in the City will be unveiled tomorrow at the Whispering Pines Apartments in Meadowview.

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California Energy Commission approves plans to invest nearly $500M in electricity R&D and alternative fuels

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The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions. The program annually invests in a variety of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies.