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Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

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The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation. —Draft Scoping Plan Update. Vehicle technology.

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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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The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds. Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

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After moving to Octopus Energy we moved to the then Beta version of Octopus Go and this is the killer app for solar and battery power. . With Octopus Go we receive low cost power between 00:30 and 04:30 every day. This extra storage increases the length of time that we can run on the battery packs rather than the grid. .

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Career Opportunities in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Because the electric vehicle (EV) industry is relatively new to the market, there is an active need for restructuring the motor, battery, sensors, and various other parts of the vehicle following customer reviews and feedback. Battery Researchers and Engineers.

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

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Also in 1974, the Product Review Committee at Xerox head­quarters in Rochester, N.Y., It was battery-powered, ran Smalltalk, and had a touch-sensitive screen designed by Thornburg. “We No biological organism can live in its own waste products,” Kay said. “If Poor Adele,” Tesler said. Alvy Ray Smith. “No

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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Reply ↓ ↑ report 14 Mikey G 3:10PM (4/23/2009) If Chrysler, Tesla, Fisker and the rest of these companies would stop wasting time developing 2 seater electric sports cars and start building the hybrids that people need for kids, groceries and everyday life for everyday people they would be much better off.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Also, Firefly batteries now being produced use lead foam in lead-acid configuration, cutting their weight almost in half. Walkout at UN conference after Iran.