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UPS to add 40 series hydraulic hybrid vehicles to its fleet

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UPS is deploying 40 new medium-duty series hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHVs): 20 in Baltimore and 20 in Atlanta. Both deployments were supported in part by grants from the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program. UPS HHV Click to enlarge. UPS currently has one HHV in operation in Laguna Hills, Calif.,

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CALSTART launching E-Truck Task Force

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CALSTART, the California operating division of WestStart, a North American advanced transportation technologies consortium, is creating an E-Truck Task Force (E-TTF) to accelerate the development of electric and zero-emissions medium-and heavy-duty vehicles.

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GM adds 3 acres of solar arrays in Michigan

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After the projects are complete this fall, GM will house more than 38 MW of solar power at 13 facilities around the world and more than 60 MW of renewable energy globally when combined with its landfill gas and biomass energy use. parts distribution warehouse. GM, OnStar and energy service company TimberRock Energy Solutions, Inc.

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Hyundai and Kia license Paice’s hybrid vehicle technology, ending litigation

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Paice has now licensed all or part of its hybrid vehicle technology portfolio to Toyota, Hyundai/Kia, and Ford. Paice and the Abell Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit organization that invested in Paice, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia in US District Court in 2012.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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Tanenbaum later developed the first gas-diffused silicon transistor, which could amplify and switch signals above 100 megahertz at a switching speed 10 times that of previous silicon transistors. Tanenbaum went on to serve as president of AT&T’s New Jersey Bell (now part of Verizon ) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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How To Reduce EV Charging Station Costs

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Incentives Generally, the highest-dollar methods of reducing the start-up costs of installing electric vehicle charging stations come from incentives and rebates. This is a tax credit that allows you to recoup 30% (up to a maximum of $30,000) of the cost for electric vehicle charging station purchase and installation.

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I drove the new Tesla Model 3, here’s what got better

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There was not very much creaking or movement from these parts , which can sometimes be cheap and seem like an inferior quality. Driving It is fun to drive an electric car. Every EV I have ever had the opportunity to drive has been more fun than a gas version that is similar. I didn’t have that issue at all. Absolutely.

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