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Bright Automotive To Convert VW Transporters to Plug-ins

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Start-up Bright Automotive, which in May unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van ( earlier post ), will convert VW Transporter vans with the series hybrid Bright powertrain as a bridge between the concept and the production version of the IDEA. The IDEA concept. The Bright IDEA and Transporter PHEV.

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The Lies that Powered the Invention of Pong

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It sold 2000 units but was never a hit. It sold 2000 units but was never a hit. He divided the cost of a computer by the amount of money an average arcade game made and promptly dropped the idea, because the economics did not make sense. The ice water thawed in my veins.” The ball in Pong is square.

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Ascend Energy and Atrex Energy demo tubular SOFC electric ATV, fueled by natural gas

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idea Solutions Design, and JB Mechanical to integrate and install a commercial 1000 Watt Atrex Energy fuel cell power generator fueled with compressed natural gas in an all-electric Polaris Ranger ATV. The only by-products of the Atrex Energy SOFC design are water vapor, heat and low levels of carbon dioxide. Atrex Energy.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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A beaming Alison Diaz, ECHS’ Founder and Executive Director was at the center of it all on the campus that started as an idea in her head and then in a church basement in 1999. Aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants in water) becomes aquaponics when combined. Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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Going with the talent flow

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Using Burma-Shave signs seemed like an idea that would work for us.” Traveling to Atlanta to complete the training in early 2019, he met up with 2000 like-minded people from all over the world. with the support of the University of Oregon and the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). Charlie is just phenomenal.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

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In 2000, “I decided my next car would be an EV when there was really nothing on the market,” White continued. “I That’s a popular thing here, except it’s usually on the water,” Upson said. White installed a solar system in his home by 1992, and when the next Category 5 hurricane struck in 1995, “We had back-up.

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Engineering Needs More Futurists

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Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the global water crisis, which is compounded by the climate crisis. We have an open call for new visioning event ideas.

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