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Solar Impulse grounded until 2016 due to battery damage; team studying better thermal management

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Solar Impulse, the solar-powered electric aircraft attempting to fly around the world, will be grounded in Hawaii until early spring 2016 due to damage to the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Nagoya to Hawaii. The Round-The-World mission will resume early April from Hawaii to the USA West Coast.

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Plugin Vehicle Market Share Reaches Record 5.6% In USA, Tesla Dominates

CleanTechnica EVs

According to Atlas EV Hub, plugin vehicles hit a record 5.6% share of the automotive market in September, their greatest share of the market ever. The chart Atlas EV Hub shared showed that September was the third best month in terms of volume sales, but the market share result was well above the ~5% record […].

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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excluding Alaska and Hawaii) between 1999 and 2015. million deaths between 1999 to 2015 in the USA, with 18.4 2019) “Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: A spatiotemporal analysis.” The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine , analyzed concentrations of PM 2.5

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Toyota announces priority registration website for Prius Plug-In Hybrid

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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., The 15 launch states include the following: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. Prius Plug-in online ordering will not be available in Hawaii.).

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Drive Electric Earth Month Launches April 1 with 172 Events

Plug in America

Events will occur across 39 states, including Hawaii, with additional events in Canada. Plug In America, Electric Vehicle Association, Sierra Club, Drive Electric USA, and EVHybridNoire partnered to organize this year’s national campaign.

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EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future

Teslarati

LeasePlan USA, a self-proclaimed “Car-as-a-Service” company, released the results of its EV Readiness Index study in the United States. ” LeasePlan USA. Hawaii at 2.20 Hawaii – 15.0 – 1, 3, 1, 2, 5. All fifty states, including Washington DC, were assessed. .” percent, 0.10

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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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The projects include: Hawaii Bioenergy ($5 million DOE investment). Based in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Bioenergy will develop a cost-effective photosynthetic open pond system to produce algal oil. Nearly $16.5

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