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Auburn University building new autonomous vehicle research facility

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The facility is expected to provide a garage with multiple bays and lifts for commercial trucks and passenger vehicles, office space for researchers, a conference room and an observation area overlooking NCAT’s 1.7-mile Bevly’s group has also conducted demonstrations for legislators and the Alabama Department of Transportation.

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Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

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Where the statute at issue is one that confers authority upon an administrative agency, that inquiry must be “shaped, at least in some measure, by the nature of the question presented”—whether Congress in fact meant to confer the power the agency has asserted. at 267–268; Alabama Assn., Brown & Williamson, 529 U.S.,

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Georgia Tech named winner of DOE/GM/Mathworks EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third. The final year of the four-year competition challenged teams to test, prove, and refine their work from the previous three years, mimicking a real-world automotive product development cycle.

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Ohio State named first-year champion in 4-year EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Rounding out the top three are Virginia Tech in second place and the University of Alabama in third place. The Ohio State University has been named The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One champion, taking the lead in the premier four-year collegiate engineering competition.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

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West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. At the end of the second week, students had the opportunity to display their completed hybrid-electric Chevrolet Camaros with a car show at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle. Horiba; DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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University of Alabama. The participating universities include: Colorado State University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Georgia Tech. McMaster University. Mississippi State University. The Ohio State University. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. University of Washington. University of Waterloo. Virginia Tech. dSPACE, Inc.;

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. Sacramento Municipal Util. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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