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Toyota and Servco Pacific pilot test new car share application in Hawaii

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Servco) have partnered to test a new car-sharing technology in Honolulu. When the employee-only pilot testing program concludes, Servco, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Hawaii, will use the car-sharing technology to launch a new Honolulu-based car share business by the end of 2017. Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America will invest in metro-based direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations in 18 metro areas, including these new metro areas in Cycle 2: Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Bridgeport (CT) for the New York City market.

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INRIX: shared bikes and scooters could replace nearly 50% of downtown vehicle trips

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Analyzing trillions of anonymous data points from hundreds of millions of connected devices, INRIX ranked the top American, British and German cities where micromobility services have the most potential to reduce vehicle trips. Leveraging big data to plan for micromobility services.

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New low-voltage W-band millimeter-wave technology; applicable for cars, bikes, cellphones

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Details of the technology are being presented this week at the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) 201 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Takatsuka (2017) β€œAn 80βˆ’106 GHz CMOS amplifier with 0.5 V supply voltage,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2017. Resources. Katayama, S. Amakawa, K.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. During and after Maria, Casa Pueblo continued to operate a solar-based microgrid it had installed in 2017. To that end, engineers at the U.S.