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Advanced Biofuels USA receives USDA grant for feasibility study of eastern shore energy beet-to-jetfuel project

Green Car Congress

The study will look at the technical and economic aspects of a project being developed by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Purdue University, and Maryland small businesses. Also, UMES will be looking at using the proteins from the biomass as potential high value poultry feed or other animal feed.

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Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

Nothing has to be invented to produce a plug-in hybrid vehicle,” says Dr. Andrew Frank, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Davis and Director of the UCD Hybrid Electric Research Center. EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January

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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. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., 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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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

Cars That Think

In Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon , members of the fictitious Baltimore Gun Club, all disabled Civil War veterans, restlessly search for a new enemy to conquer. Nearly every university robotics department Spiers visits has an anthropomorphic robot hand in development. But there are often better ways.”.

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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. Pricing and Availability These 2024 Kona prices include the mandatory $1,335 Freight charges. While we did get some brief seat time in the Kona EV, we will wait a few more months to review it.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

Get Electric Vehicle

We already discussed the cost of building a hyperloop but haven’t discussed the price we have to pay. Other companies have stated that their services may cost one-third to half the price of rail services while being significantly faster. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost? ” Now the real question.

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