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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

Green Car Congress

The company’s expert technicians will install the systems at its facilities in Charlotte and Statesville, North Carolina; Springfield, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Dublin, Virginia; and Mineral Wells, West Virginia. Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) magazine named eNow’s eTRU system for reefer trailers one of the Top 20 Products of the year in 2020.

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Q&A: One Energy CEO Jereme Kent on Megawatt Truck Charging Hubs

Green Fleet Magazine

Jereme Kent, CEO of One Energy, responds to questions about the company's 30-megawatt electric truck charging hub in Ohio and how Utility 2.0 projects can help electrify trucking.

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Honda to Reintroduce Civic Hybrid in 2024

Green Fleet Magazine

Honda announced that 2025 Civic hybrid production will start with the sedan in Canada, followed by the hatchback in Indiana; a two-motor hybrid electric system made in Ohio.

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Tesla’s Safety Score system could result in unsafe driving: Consumer Reports

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While the gamification of safe driving behavior could work, the magazine argued that Tesla’s Safety Scores could also incentivize drivers to cheat the system to gain a high rating. Fisher, however, noted that gamification also has a “dark side,” which was observed by researchers at Ohio State University.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Among the contests was “a huge late winter race in Phoenix with a variety of events and classes, including Formula Lightning ,” for which he was an advisor to a team from Ohio State. A guy with pictures of his car in hot rod magazines understands.” So they appreciate the effort that old school EV conversions took.

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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

Green Car Congress

Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. Within Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio alone, there are more than 350 higher education institutions offering programs related to engineering, designing, producing and maintaining automobiles. Click to enlarge.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

Cars That Think

He left in 1973 to serve as chief scientist of the defense systems group at TRW (now part of Northrop Grumman ), an automotive and aerospace company, in Euclid, Ohio. He wrote Microprocessor Logic Design , a widely used textbook, as well as numerous articles for professional and trade magazines.