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US official takes zero-Tesla road trip to promote EVs–things get so tricky they ended up ICE-ing a charger

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United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm went on a four-day, 600+ mile journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a fleet of all-electric vehicles. The distance itself between Charlotte and Memphis is not that far. It’s not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in Georgia.

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The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV has a quirky $4k discount for Tesla drivers

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The $4,000 conquest bonus cash deal is available from May 1 to June 3, 2024. So if you want this deal and you don’t live in any of the above, then a road trip may be on the cards. Read more: Chevy Blazer EV first drive – is it worth its $56k base price? Click here to find a local dealer that may have the Chevy Blazer EV in stock.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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Her father, a chemist, was on the team that first synthesized vitamin B1 at pharmaceutical company Merck in Charlotte, N.C. It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. in Charlotte. In 1941 her uncle Vannevar Bush was appointed the first science advisor to the U.S. This article is based on that interview.

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

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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. The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. Of that, $26.5

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