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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Ferreira was the 2015–2016 president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. Ferreira's first job, in 1981, was at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electric Drives at Aachen University , in Germany. Jan Abraham "Braham" Ferreira.

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. UC stands for uncontrolled charging and CC stands for controlled charging. Weis et al.

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First $300M tranche of VW National ZEV investment targets charging infrastructure; 150kW+ fast charging on highway network

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter

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