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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

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Many of the drivers in Minneapolis are African immigrants who have been pushing for higher wages at the state and city levels since 2022. “Minneapolis is not an island,” Rainville said, noting that ride-hailing customers often travel between Minneapolis and other parts of the state. per mile and USD 0.51

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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“That will lower the overall torque that you can produce with the motor because the torque is primarily due to that flux linkage between the motor poles in the rotor and the stator,” says Frank Johnson , another veteran of the GE research team on dual-phase materials, and currently chief technical officer of Niron Magnetics in Minneapolis.

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The First U.S. Human-Operated Submersible Changed the Course of Oceanography

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But Trieste proved “too large and cumbersome for routine operations throughout the oceans,” according to a 2014 Eos article. General Mills , in Minneapolis, secured the contract with a bid of US $498,500, according to the Eos article. During the past six decades, Alvin ’s equipment has been upgraded many times.

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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation

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None take aim at what Kevin Tracey , in an influential 2002 article , termed the “inflammatory reflex,” a neural network that indirectly regulates immune responses to infection and injury through the vagus nerve and its connected organs. Tracey, a former neurosurgeon who leads the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y.,

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Her insights greatly helped with this article. In the U.S. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. One million U.S.

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ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

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At the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit in Minneapolis, Dr. Michael Matturro, Corporate Programs Laboratory Director for ExxonMobil, provided a brief overview of the scope of the work. As part of the program, ExxonMobil formed a strategic research and development alliance with Synthetic Genomics Inc., Craig Venter. Earlier post.).

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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Xcel president Chris Clark told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that four or five families buying EVs noticeably affects the transformer load in a neighborhood, with a family buying an EV “adding another half of their house.” In the next article in the series, we will look at the complexities of creating an EV charging infrastructure.

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