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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

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Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. The ISU report, Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation, shows that “the history of biobased automobile parts begins early in the development of automobiles themselves. University of Georgia, $345,689.

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Tesla’s war against direct sales wages on with big win in Virginia

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State laws in Virginia indicate that automobile manufacturers must sell their vehicles through independent franchised dealerships, except when there is no dealership available in a community to offer a company’s vehicles “in a matter consistent with the public interest,” the report said.

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Dartmouth professor calls for unlocking geospatial data gathered by autonomous vehicles

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User access to this data proves difficult when they are locked in closed networks controlled by automobile manufacturers. Although there may be economic and intellectual property tradeoffs for the manufacturers, open source design plays an important role in allowing for greater transparency, according to the study.

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