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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. The 2007 EV Parade in Santa Monica with State Senator Fran Pavley.

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CMU demo’ing Autonomous SRX in Washington this week

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In 2007, Carnegie Mellon’s then state-of-the-art driverless car, BOSS, took home the $2-million grand prize in the DARPA Urban Challenge, which pitted the leading autonomous vehicles in the world against one another in a challenging, urban environment. radar and LIDAR, or radar and camera). (a) b) Visualization of LIDAR measurement.

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

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An active IEEE volunteer, Hodges served in several leadership roles including 2007 vice chair of the IEEE Awards Board and 2011–2012 vice president of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board. He supervised the installation of the equipment by more than 150 cable systems in the United States. as an engineer.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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In 2019, Willem-Alexander, king of the Netherlands, presided over the installation of a bidirectional charging station in Utrecht. In the early 2000s, he started a local service provider called LomboXnet, installing line-of-sight Wi-Fi antennas on a church steeple and on the rooftop of one of the tallest hotels in town.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Here are some examples of actions that would be required to achieve the target of at least 35 mpg specified by EISA 2007: [Note: NHTSA has released CAFE standards for MY 2011, but is engaging in further consideration and analysis prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years. Earlier post.)]. Guala is expecting a long roll out for PRTs.

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The View From Here Today

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Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. I’ve been blogging on the environment since October of 2007. I volunteer with GRID Alternatives installing solar panels on low income and Habitat for Humanity houses.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

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I learned all bout this in Joe Romm’s great book, “Hell and High Water&# (c) 2007). m Weatherization Assistance Programs ($5b) Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs ($300 million), Green Jobs ($500 million), Neighborhood Stabilization Programs ($2b).

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