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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel to convene 2nd meeting in November

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Participation in the November meeting is open to all affected parties, including representatives of the automotive, electrotechnical, and utilities industries, relevant trade associations, standards development and conformity assessment organizations, government agencies, and academia.

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Chevy, GMC struggle for EV/ICE candy spot

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Equinox EV: The electrical model of the Chevy Equinox compact crossover goes into manufacturing on the Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico, with deliveries anticipated to start out prior to the top of the month. Corvette EV: An absolutely electrical Corvette may debut in 2026 or 2027. Actual timing is dense.

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

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I was able to put my training in college to good use there in the early years of my career, so it all worked out.". in 1997, he moved east to manage an aerodynamics and hypersonics research program at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research , in Arlington, Va. electronics industry. After getting his Ph.D.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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Indeed, hyped-up product announcements at industry events like the Consumer Electronics Show (now CES ) and the Game Developers Conference have become regular features of the digital world. There’s also a parallel tradition—less flashy but no less important—of industry events that focus attention on digital infrastructure.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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Meanwhile, over at BBN, Kahn intended to spend a couple of years in industry so he could return to academia with some real-world experience and ideas for future research. “I The reactions were all the same. He knew that the ARPANET design all by itself wouldn’t be useful for bringing together these disparate networks.

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