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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Because of the pandemic, there was a substantial reduction in 2020 in vehicle miles traveled. The biggest drop was in April 2020 (a reduction of 40% compared with April 2019) followed by a gradual rebound later in the year. In December 2020, the reduction was 11% compared with December 2019. Total consumption.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. He was part of an IEEE task force that in 2020 issued a report that described how equipment used for storing energy, transferring power over long distances, and integrating renewable energy could impact power system stability.

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China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would make China 3rd largest ethanol consumer

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To help make use of the excess stock, China in September 2017 announced a plan for nationwide use of E10 gasoline by 2020, up from 11 trial provinces. From 2004 to 2016, the average annual production growth rate was 16.8%, according to CARD. If China were to meet the 2020 national mandate of E10, it would require an extra 3.6

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges. Since 2004, NFI has delivered 50 buses to LTD, including New Flyer transit buses and low-floor cutaway buses from NFI sister company ARBOC.

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Meet the Members Running for 2024 IEEE President-Elect

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He has been a guest lecturer at California State University, the University of California, and Xiamen University. Fujii received the 2020 Richard E. Kramer earned bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and physics in 1986 from Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers.

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Ford embeds researchers in new U-M robotics lab to accelerate autonomous vehicle research

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Ford and the University of Michigan are teaming up to accelerate autonomous vehicle research and development with a first-time arrangement that embeds Ford researchers and engineers into a new state-of-the-art robotics laboratory on U-M’s Ann Arbor campus. His research focuses on robotic systems perception. program now in its third year.

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