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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

Cars That Think

James Weldon Johnson ’s hymn “ Lift Every Voice and Sing , ” adopted by African Americans as the unofficial “Negro National Anthem,” includes the line, “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,” which sums up how Black Americans have found ways to thrive under conditions they weren’t meant to survive.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I That’s a popular thing here, except it’s usually on the water,” Upson said. White’s registration efforts were turned down with multiple excuses, including the lack of a muffler and the lack of doors. They just make it so easy to set up a chapter.”

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

Cars That Think

As an attorney, I represented a microwave-industry group in the ensuing legal dispute.). Fixed Ideas. Along with more pedestrian uses, the band carries safety-critical information: to coordinate trains, control pressure in oil and gas pipelines, balance the electric grid, manage water utilities, and route emergency telephone calls.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

A123 has an idea to cut through the difficulty of getting OEMs to make cars. They are beginning to do crash testing, and will meet emission requirements, in pursuit of a fully legal, compliant vehicle. Even the Prius and Civic Hybrid are quite different. Throw the ZEV mandate into the mix, and maybe we've got something.

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Musk claims both controversial Tesla shareholder votes passed

Baua Electric

billion, which is still only a ~70% turnout, which is high but not hugely higher than turnout has been in the past (63% is the previous high-water mark). Despite this vote finally being (almost) behind us, there are bound to be many legal challenges ahead. Third, the total number of shares voted is somewhere on the order of ~2.2

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Green Car Congress

Some offset projects may provide further benefits, such as: (a) the promotion of sustainable development; (b) improvements in air or water quality; (c) the creation of new domestic and international economic opportunities; and (d) the incentivization of innovation as parties seek new methods of generating offsets. 2) Supplementarity.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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The idea that a researcher should program computer systems interactively was anathema to them. Soon Mazor, then a research engineer at Intel, joined him, and the two pursued Hoff’s ideas, developing a simple instruction set that could be implemented with about 2000 transistors. Ted Hoff: Vital Stats Name Marcian E. Ted) Hoff Jr.

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