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FLO providing workplace charging solutions to GM across the US

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Parking lot at GM Arlington Assembly in Texas. Arlington currently assembles the Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, Chevrolet Suburban and Chevrolet Tahoe for markets in 32 countries across the globe, making it the most export-heavy manufacturing site within GM.

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A New Fund Helps IEEE HKN Student Chapters Flourish

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The first grants have been awarded to fund programs including chapter-building and visibility activities, mentoring, and alumni engagement events. Officers at the Mu Iota Chapter at Seattle University used the grant to help pay for an electrical and computer engineering mentoring event it held.

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UTA study indicates air contamination near fracking sites result of operational inefficiencies, not inherent to the extraction process

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A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself. —Kevin Schug. Zacariah L. Taylor, Doug D.

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

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The preliminary draft agenda is available on the meeting event page. The meeting will include both general sessions and breakout groups to look at the roadmap narratives relating to standards for electric vehicles, the built infrastructure and related support services.

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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022

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With Blackout Mode, users are able to use their EV battery to power their home in the event of a power outage. Wallbox announces the North American version of Supernova, specifically designed for the US market and estimates pre-series production to begin during Q4/2022 in Wallbox’s factory in Arlington, TX.

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ARPA-E Begins Reviewing Second Round of Concept Papers for Transformational Energy RD

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Separately, ARPA-E will hold a “ Power Technologies ” public workshop on 10 February in Arlington, Va. Summaries of the workshop will be provided on the ARPA-E Web site shortly following the events. This event is closed to the media. ARPA-E expects to issue an additional FOA in the near future.

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ARPA-E holding workshop on increasing efficiency of light collection and bioconversion to liquid fuels

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The US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E will hold a workshop on “Applied Biotechnology for Transportation Fuels: Meeting Today’s Energy Needs by Maximizing Photon Capture” on 2 December 2010, in Arlington, Va. Summaries of the workshop will be provided on the ARPA-E website shortly following the events.

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