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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

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The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 This multi-state effort is intended to expand consumer awareness and demand for zero-emission vehicles.

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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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Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts: $2,500,000. Lowell Regional Transit Authority, Massachusetts: $1,500,000.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Powered by Share » Digg this Add to del.icio.us Also, answer the “Question of the Week” and enter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to EmTech—the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (a $1,795 value). By Kevin Bullis Audio » Listen - Flash Listen - MP3 Subscribe to podcast What is this?

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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The architecture goes back to the TX-2, built with 32 program counters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratories in the late 1950s. It was battery-powered, ran Smalltalk, and had a touch-sensitive screen designed by Thornburg. “We Poor Adele,” Tesler said.

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