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Lightning Systems receives California ARB Executive Order for the Transit Bus Repower powertrain

Green Car Congress

Lightning’s first Transit Bus Repower powertrain was deployed in a 2004 30-foot GILLIG bus and has been on the road with a transit operator in Colorado for the past 9 months. The powertrain features an active thermally-managed battery system, sourced from a Tier 1 battery cell manufacturer. Lightning Electric Repowered Gillig bus.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

Cars That Think

In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers. After nine years at Penn State he moved to New York, where he was a research professor at the University of Buffalo until shortly before he died. As Google’s business expanded, its need for infrastructure increased. air defense system.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75 The deal ensured that IBM's global customers had familiar support while providing a stable flow of maintenance revenue to IBM for five years. Some 4,000 IBMers already working in China would switch to Lenovo, along with 6,000 in the United States.

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12 Days of Giveaways

My Energi

Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. As well as its own line of clothing, Forw4rd stock the brands the team grew up admiring, as well as new labels who share its ethos. Facebook: Sugar so Sweet. Instagram: @_sugarsosweet. Forw4rd will be offering a voucher of £50 to spend instore or online.

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My Energi

Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. As well as its own line of clothing, Forw4rd stock the brands the team grew up admiring, as well as new labels who share its ethos. Facebook: Sugar so Sweet. Instagram: @_sugarsosweet. Forw4rd will be offering a voucher of £50 to spend instore or online.

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

Charged EVs

Since its founding in 2004, Proterra has grown to become North America’s largest supplier of electric buses. The Proterra Energy division offers a turnkey electrification solution for fleets, including financing, charging infrastructure and maintenance. That’s something that really does happen, at least in New York?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. New York Times ) Ford top 7/19/07 The opportunities and possibilities are huge," Mike Tamor, Ford Motor Co.s New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in Its not high on our list," she said. ( said in a statement.

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