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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

Green Car Congress

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 The Task Force will prepare within six months a plan of action to accomplish the goals identified in the MoU.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

Clean Fleet Report

Starting in 2025 they will have no new internal combustion engine models, then by 2030 will only sell battery-powered cars and SUVs. It is important to note that cold weather can affect the charging time and driving range. Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all Genesis models. It’s a two-way selectric treet.

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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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MARTA anticipates that the power produced by these photovoltaic panels will be sold to Georgia Power under their Distributed Generation Contract Program. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Solar PV system installations range from 5kW to 20kW. The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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

Cars That Think

It was battery-powered, ran Smalltalk, and had a touch-sensitive screen designed by Thornburg. “We Xerox executives made all sorts of promises: we’ll buy 20,000, just talk to this executive in Virginia, then talk to this executive in Connecticut. “Poor Adele,” Tesler said. It was the first portable computer run in an air­port.

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