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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place. Eleven of the metropolitan areas in this study have four or more major utility actions in place: Holland, Bridgeport, Atlanta, Athens, Austin, Honolulu, Kahului, San Jose, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Eureka.

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INRIX analysis identifies top 10 US cities for highly autonomous vehicles; prioritizing corridors for deployment

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To demonstrate a city’s readiness for highly autonomous vehicles, INRIX ran an analysis and constructed heat maps to score and visualize results for Austin, Texas; New York; and San Francisco. Heat maps for City of Austin (left) and Downtown Austin (right). —Avery Ash, autonomous vehicle market strategist at INRIX.

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DOE, BOEMRE and NOAA awarding nearly $5M for projects to advance ocean renewable energy

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The University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island) will develop and test standardized protocols for baseline studies and monitoring for the collection and comparison of scientifically valid and comparable data for specific offshore renewable energy issues. Evaluating Acoustic Technologies to Monitor Aquatic Organisms at Renewable Sites.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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City of Austin, Austin. Austin and San Antonio region; and hold training seminars regarding multifamily housing and workplace electric vehicle charging. Greater Portland. University, North. University of Central. . $500,000. The Central Texas Fuel Independence Project will expand an interagency. Council of.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Accelerated Data Analytics for Power-system Time-series (ADAPT), $600,000 Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Ore. Advanced ignition system for enhanced ignition stability and combustion efficiency, $750,000 8 Rivers Capital LLC , Durham, N.C.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Portland General Electric. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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