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Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

A chapter in Oregon is guided by the genius of its members. Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association members take part in a Fourth of July parade in Eugene, Oregon. In Oregon, legislation dies if it doesn’t make it through in a particular session,” Barnhart explained. First or second car… New or used… Time to buy electric.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. University of Oregon. Expanding the EV fleet. Southern Company: Georgia Power. The Valley Hospital.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

The Truth About Cars

& However, the paper doesn’t favor everyone running out to buy the largest diesel pickup they can afford. Concepts like ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and levering connected vehicle technologies to police driving from an environmental and social standpoint are rooted in the key principles of Vision Zero. & Make no mistake.

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Reflections on Converting a 914 to an EV

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

This included the folks at the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association, the motor control engineers at my work (HP), the communities at 914world.com, the other 914 EV conversion folks (Thanks to Randy, Ross, Roger, Matt, Paul, and many more.) This made the job much easier and I feel the crimps are much better connections.

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

Cars That Think

A single torus wheel is made of an elastic elongated coil spring in which the two ends of the coil connected each other and is driven by a piezoelectric actuator (stator) that can generate 2-degrees-of-freedom (axial and angular) motions. River Lab ] This video may encourage you to buy a drone. How do you program a personality?

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L. Frank Baum’s Cautionary Tale About the Gifts of Electricity

Cars That Think

Somehow, in his random connections, Rob accidentally strikes the "master key of electricity," thereby calling forth the Demon of Electricity. It does this by projecting letters onto the person's forehead. His mother frets that he might burn the house down with all his crossed wires.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

The Oregon Trail came out in 1971 and is still with us.) Still, its first-person 3D visuals were ahead of the curve, predating more famous hits like Atari’s Battlezone. “I Launched in 2001, Xbox was built to oppose Sony’s PlayStation 2, released in 2000, which had a DVD drive and could (with an accessory) connect to the Internet.

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