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DEED advertising pays off

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Spanish language side of the DEED event promotional notices inserted into 23,000 Manteca utility bills. The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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Today she works as a hardware engineer at Zaptec , which makes electric-vehicle charging stations and is also based in Stavanger. For her contributions to the field, in 2022 she was selected as one of the Top Women in EV by the organizers of the EV Summit , a leading global e-mobility event. Do what you love,” she says. she says. “So

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Building the Future of Smart Home Security

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It redefined the home security space by introducing wireless, DIY products and pioneered giving customers the ability to monitor their homes via a smartphone app. Customers are only interested in receiving alerts for movements that are out of the ordinary and security monitoring centers are only interested in addressing emergency events.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor.

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Road Test: 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat FWD Hybrid

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The Most Fuel-Efficient Gas-Powered Pickup You Can Buy Ford Maverick Hybrid owners will willingly tell you all about their truck, so be prepared to hang-out for a while. Liter gasoline engine that produces 162 horsepower (hp) and a 94kW electric motor, for a total system 191 hp. All of this resulted in minimal cabin noise.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

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Seeing his words on the printed page is a big deal to Andrew Leland —as it is to all writers. So, who better to have written the newly released book The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight , which presents a history of blindness that touches on events and advances in social, political, artistic, and technological realms?

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD EcoBoost

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Who will buy the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick? All-wheel drive (AWD) is an option with this engine, but not so with the base hybrid engine. Our best all-highway number, on a 135-mile run with the cruise control set to 65 mph, was 32.1 The cargo payload of 1,500 pounds is the same on all Mavericks, regardless of the engine.

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