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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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The $300-million investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly.

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Electrify America to install 2,800 charging stations at workplaces and multi-unit dwellings across US

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Approximately 75% of the new charging station sites will be located at workplaces, with the remainder at apartment buildings, condominiums and other multi-family properties. Joining Electrify America in this initiative are SemaConnect, EV Connect and Greenlots.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Raleigh, N.C. Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), San Jose, Calif.

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Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts

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Today the IEEE Life Fellow is CTO of Pryon , a startup in Raleigh, N.C., The company's programs aim to make companies more productive, reducing costs and eliminating inefficiencies. That would enable machines to interact more closely and could let them form connections with humans, he says. DAVID NAHAMOO. SWITCHING GEARS.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Ford’s rollout of electrified vehicles began in December 2010 with the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric—a small commercial van built in collaboration with Azure Dynamics. Ford’s near-term electrification plan calls for the company to triple production capacity of its electrified vehicle range by 2013.

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Ford Testing Intelligent System for Plug-in Vehicle to Grid Communication to Manage Charging

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Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that communicates directly with the electric grid. and its parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company. Progress Energy of Raleigh, N.C. The Ford PHEV charge settings user interface.

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