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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

Green Car Congress

Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use. Water Resource Management : watershed, sewage, conservation, desalination. The current open prize in this area is the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP).

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Belgium or Brooklyn? 5 Bold New Places to Eat in Brussels.

Baua Electric

Thanks to a crop of young chefs with iconoclastic ideas about flavor and sustainability, the city, in thrall to the rich sauces of Gaul for nearly two centuries, has emerged as one of the most exciting, and affordable, places to dine out in Europe right now. Gilles , an evolving but still more affordable area favored by young creatives.

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How to Plan Summer Travel with an EV

Blink Charging

Find EV charging stations along the way The good news is that it should be relatively easy to find charging stations along your route thanks to tools like the Blink Charging Mobile App , PlugShare, Google Maps, and Apple Maps which show you available chargers in the area you specify. Charging (to 80%).

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

Cars That Think

James Weldon Johnson ’s hymn “ Lift Every Voice and Sing , ” adopted by African Americans as the unofficial “Negro National Anthem,” includes the line, “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,” which sums up how Black Americans have found ways to thrive under conditions they weren’t meant to survive.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

My Energi

to Google Play Store to purchase a digital parrot. Can I afford an electric vehicle? What I do know, is how fossil fuel vehicles have contributed heavily to poor air quality in our towns and cities, damage to the environment, soil and water quality and have contributed to the depletion of the ozone layer! Is Tesla the answer?

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. He created three business startups at the age of 21 and worked with Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, US Army, City of San Jose and is now serving as an Executive Management Consultant for American Water.

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Review: 2025 Rivian R1T and R1S gain efficiency, comfort, and a lifeline

Baua Electric

At the deepest point, the light bar on our R1T was lapping up against the water. The R1 trucks can ford around 43 inches of water, so even considering the pouring rain and deep water crossings, we still weren’t close. Peak ground clearance is 14.6 inches for the R1T and R1S, respectively.

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