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Minneapolis Uber and Lyft drivers due for USD 15 an hour under council’s plan but mayor vows a veto – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Uber and Lyft have threatened to leave if the measure is approved, but council member Jamal Osman voted for the proposal, saying the fear of their departure “does not make it OK” for companies to rely on drivers – often people of color and immigrants in the Minneapolis area – for cheap labor.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

Sure, 2x more people live within Seattle city limits than in all of Iceland’s huge expanses. Republished Daily Kos article, courtesy of Assaf Oron, a passionate and dedicated EV fan, you can read the original article here Electric bus deliveries were a bit down in 2020 though, with an estimated E-bus share of only ~1%.

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