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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

Baua Electric

5, a door plug — a door-sized panel on the side of an aircraft — blew off the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines jet as it made its ascent, depressurizing the cabin and exposing passengers to open air thousands of feet above ground. The plane has sufficient stores of fuel and will not suddenly run out of gas. For instance: On Jan.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

At the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) conference in March, I spoke with a Nissan dealer from Fairbanks, Alaska who mentioned that many residents there do not have garages and that EVs and even regular hybrids were a huge challenge due to the extreme cold winters. They include Urban Electric , Trojan Energy , and Rolec.