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ChargePoint installs 1st of more than 80 EV charging stations in NY with NYSERDA funding

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The Solaire, developed in 2003 by the Albanese Organization is the nation’s first LEED Gold-certified residential building. The program calls for investment in 3,000 public and workplace charging stations by 2018, plus other steps meant to encourage the growth of electric vehicle ownership.

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BMW Spartanburg plant now largest manufacturing facility in the BMW Group production network

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On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. million BMW X3 vehicles have been delivered to customers worldwide since it was first launched at the end of 2003. More than 1.5 The new BMW X3 will be launched in fall 2017.

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BMW Brilliance Automotive opens battery factory in Shenyang; 3rd battery factory in BMW Group production network

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The BBA production location in Shenyang builds vehicles exclusively for the Chinese market. The Dadong plant in the northeast of the city opened in 2003 and currently produces the BMW 5 Series Long-Wheelbase Version. Going forward, this facility will also build the plug-in hybrid variant of the BMW 5 Series and the new BMW X3.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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In the six years he worked in the position, he established a team to better manage external relations and completed fundraising for the engineering department’s Soda Hall , a classroom building. He also served as the 2018–2019 chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board periodicals committee. He retired as professor emeritus in 1998.

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Paige's AI Diagnostic Tech is Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnosis

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In 2018 the company spun off from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He joined in 2003 as a research scientist, developing computer vision software for the company's imaging machines. The 2003 conference is where I met leaders in the field," he says. It really caught my imagination.".

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

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My desire was to join the Air Force and help build technologies to secure the nation," he says. "I One project he approved in 2003 was the US $500 million joint program between DARPA and the Air Force to develop the Falcon. One is the AI Next campaign, which has a multiyear investment of more than $2 billion that began in 2018.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. MMTCO 2 e (+0.2%) in 2018 compared to 2017. from 2017 to 2018 due to a strong growth in real GDP.