Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

University of Iowa researchers have found that smoke resulting from spring agricultural land-clearing fires in Central America and transported across the Gulf of Mexico intensified tornado conditions already in process in the United States. In fact, the simulation including the smoke resulted in a lowered cloud base and greater wind shear.

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Iowa Wind Chile Wisconsin 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses, associated charging infrastructure and a back-up generator to maintain bus service in a disaster situation. The charging infrastructure is an integral part of PSTA's long-term battery electric bus program.

Purchase 191

Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet 191

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. An additional manual charging station would be installed at Operations Base.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

The fight over how to fairly implement EV charging networks in Minnesota is another example of the tricky politics PUCs are involved with. Permitting issues also bedevil wind power projects. For example, Iowa is one of the best states for wind power farms.

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 104

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 2, 2023

Wind and road noise were reduced partly due to acoustic laminated glass and sound deadening insulation. Charging and Regeneration Like most EVs, the Ioniq 6 offers three charging speed options for the 53.0 The slowest charging is using a standard 120V household plug that delivers a full charge in about two and a half days.

Hyundai 78

Hyundai All-Electric Miles Range 78

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

Georg also enlisted the help of University of Iowa computer programmer/engineer Karen Pease. in planning overnight charging locations and events. This effort was led by Georg Kuhnke, who lives near Sacramento, California. He received volunteer support from Earl Cox, Geoff Kinsey, and Doug Korthof in Southern California.

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Las Vegas 2009 San Francisco Iowa 36