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California Energy Commission Approves $800K in four regional grants to prepare for electric vehicles

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The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. Cities taking part include San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley, along with Marin County. Sullivan Automotive Group.

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Frito-Lay boosts electric fleet; 275 electric trucks by the end of 2012

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The new all-electric trucks will operate from distribution centers located throughout California: Alameda, City of Industry, La Mirada, Manteca, San Diego, San Jose and Torrance. In the US, Frito-Lay hopes to reduce its total fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 50 pe%ent by 2020, compared to a 2007 baseline.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams joined IBM in San Jose, Calif., Williams was granted 27 U.S. He was an active member of the IEEE Magnetics Society and received its 2007 Johnson Storage Device Technology Award. He was granted 15 patents. He had earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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Tom Coughlin Harry Who Photography Coughlin is founder and president of Coughlin Associates , in San Jose, Calif., He has been granted six patents. He has been conducting robotics research for more than 35 years, has published more than 390 technical papers, and has been granted more than 70 patents.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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The California Energy Commission has approved eight grants that leverage more than $9.6 Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) created the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Project partners will provide $1,000,000 to match the state grant.

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

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In downtown San Jose, Coulomb Technologies CEO Richard Lowenthal demonstrated how the… (Coulomb). In 2008, Coulomb installed its first ChargePoint Networked Charging Station in a downtown San Jose parking garage; its Web site now shows ChargePoints in at least 24 states. By Scott Duke Harris. Green Energy.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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San Jose, Calif., Later, with Mazor and Faggin he filed for and was granted a patent for a “memory system for a multi-chip digital computer.”) In 1990, after numerous appeals and extensions, Hyatt was granted that patent and began collecting royalties from many microprocessor manufacturers.

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