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BYD unveils first 45' battery-electric commuter coach bus

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This expansion will allow the company to build up to 1,500 battery-electric buses annually once operating at full capacity. In response to high demand across North America for its advanced technology buses, BYD recently completed an expansion of its Coach and Bus manufacturing facility in the City of Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California.

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BYD unveils North America’s largest electric bus factory; capacity for up to 1,500 vehicles annually

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The growth of BYD Coach and Bus reflects a rapid transition to electric transportation and will allow BYD to build up to 1,500 battery-electric buses annually. BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, unveiled its expanded battery-electric bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California—North America’s largest.

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Engineers Are Working on a Solar Microgrid to Outlast Lunar Nights

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For the Artemis program , NASA and its collaborators want to build a sustained presence on the moon, which includes setting up a base where astronauts can live and work. The Sandia engineers therefore are looking at two direct-current microgrids, with a tie-line connecting them.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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The Standard for High Performance Green Buildings will consider a revision to encourage EV-ready building practices. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Expanding DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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Concepts like ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and levering connected vehicle technologies to police driving from an environmental and social standpoint are rooted in the key principles of Vision Zero. Those programs have since been adopted in New York City; Tampa, Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Columbia, Missouri; and Eugene, Oregon.&

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Fast, Efficient Neural Networks Copy Dragonfly Brains

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In my research at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, I study the brains of one of these larger insects, the dragonfly. Could I build a neural network that works like the dragonfly interception system? I precalculated the weights of the connections between all the neurons into the network. Each has some 250,000 neurons.

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