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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

Within a few years, outreach efforts by these chapter members at local electric vehicle (EV) events had grown to include presentations at conferences around the country, and eventually around the world. His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

Green Car Congress

Over the past few years, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), University of California at Davis (UC Davis) and University of Stavanger in Norway have developed a new protocol, called BChain, which makes blockchain even more robust.

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Castor Bean Genome Published

Green Car Congress

Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), University of Maryland School of Medicine, published the sequence and analysis of the castor bean ( Ricinus communis ) genome in Nature Biotechnology. A research team co-led by scientists from the J.

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

Cars That Think

Indeed, hyped-up product announcements at industry events like the Consumer Electronics Show (now CES ) and the Game Developers Conference have become regular features of the digital world. There’s also a parallel tradition—less flashy but no less important—of industry events that focus attention on digital infrastructure.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. The event is Thursday, June 29th at 7:00pm at Town Lake Center , 721 Barton Springs Road. Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA., Irvine, CA.,

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Help! Megabus Canceled My Trip But Won’t Refund the Booking Fee.

Baua Electric

Jeff Sovern, a professor of consumer protection law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, told me in an email that if “the contract is ambiguous, the ambiguity is construed to benefit the party that accepted the contract — here, the consumer.” So that leaves us with only Megabus’s terms and conditions, which mention a “$3.99

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Flash Drive: 2024 Hyundai Kona

Clean Fleet Report

Hyundai invited automotive journalists to Baltimore, Maryland, to drive the gasoline versions, which are in dealers now. In addition, we are often invited to manufacturer events highlighting new vehicles or technology. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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