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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the US. billion available for highway, transit, bridge, rail, shipyard and airport construction and repairs nationwide. Lighting Conversion and Upgrades for Facilities: Converting the lighting system at four RIPTA facilities to more energy efficient systems.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

Cars That Think

Their goal was to provide a mechanism for sharing and obtaining results from the latest research—especially knowledge that was not available in the published literature. In 1981, GM held exploratory conversations with Digital Equipment Corp. Hewlett-Packard , and IBM. All the U.S.

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How Police Exploited the Capitol Riot’s Digital Records

Cars That Think

The group of well-dressed young men who gathered on the outskirts of Baltimore on the night of 5 January 2021 hardly looked like extremists. Department of Justice and the Program on Extremism at George Washington University have made available thousands of legal documents about those charged in connection with the 6 January riot.

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How Many EV Charging Stations Will $10 Billion Buy for America?

EV Adoption

Especially with DC fast chargers, a host site likely will not have enough power available and the local utility will have to bring more power to the site. Following are a few more recent examples I pulled from Twitter conversations. The other costs include: Bringing additional power/utility service and upgrade costs to the site.

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