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7-state Midwest EVOLVE project to promote electric vehicles; Ford, GM, Nissan initial automotive partners

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The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest announced the launch of Midwest EVOLVE , a three-year project to promote electric vehicles in seven Midwestern states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The Midwest is often overlooked as a market for electric vehicles.

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Solazyme and Amyris receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards

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Farnesene is a building block hydrocarbon that can be converted into a renewable, drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel without certain drawbacks of first-generation biofuels. Stahl of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the Academic award for aerobic oxidation methods for pharmaceutical synthesis. Professor Shannon S.

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Long-Enduring COBOL May Still Have a Shelf Life

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In the United States, New Jersey , Wisconsin , Vermont , Iowa , Kansas , and even the federal government have faced shortages of COBOL programmers to keep unemployment benefit systems running amid a historic spike in claims. We keep telling people to start the translation, so you can test it before the last COBOL person leaves the building.”

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Toyota CSRC launches new research tracks on autonomous & connected vehicle technologies; 11 projects with 8 institutions

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Launched in January 2017, CSRC Next builds upon the insights gained from the CSRC’s first five years, and will direct $35 million toward safety research into advanced vehicle technologies, including both autonomous and connected systems. Examples are vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, traffic signs, buildings, curbs, etc.

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NSF awards $20 million to two new testbeds to support cloud computing applications and experiments

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Cloud computing refers to the practice of using a network of remote servers to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. CloudLab will be a facility where researchers can build their own clouds and experiment with new ideas with complete control, visibility and scientific fidelity.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Develop, build and test a production‐feasible electrically‐actuated dynamic skip fire cylinder deactivation valvetrain.

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