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Refugees are up-cycling their discarded life jackets and dinghies

EV Driver

The up-cycling projects essentially come in two parts: Safe Passage Bags This workshop started back in 2015 and is now one of the prime integration projects at Lesvos Solidarity. For this, parts of dinghies are recycled to create beautiful and unique necklaces and earrings that have very special meaning. Image by Gerd Altmann.

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Celgard Seeks DOE Grant for Expansion of Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Separator Capacity

Green Car Congress

The proposed capacity expansion would be implemented at Celgard’s existing Charlotte, North Carolina, facility and at an additional manufacturing facility that would be built at a second US location in the Southeast. A standard definition and protocol for measuring HTMI will also be developed as a part of this contract.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

Cars That Think

As part of that effort, she installed and operated a receiving station to acquire and analyze data from the U.S. They reinforced the perception that Dresselhaus was a truly amazing person as well as a trailblazer.” Then you are part of a community.”

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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

Baua Electric

Images of catastrophic scenarios — birds, engine failure, parts falling off, total systemic breakdown — pinballed through the passengers’ imaginations as the plane seemed to struggle to find its equilibrium. One person raised her hand for all the categories. Is this part of the course?” What was it? Unease gripped the cabin.

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Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

We would like to do our part in encouraging people to consider supporting local in the lead up to Christmas and beyond. The part a florist plays at times of grief & joy. Each person can enter multiple times and the 9 Lucky Winners will be announced on Black Friday | Green Friday – 27th November 2020!

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Charlotte to Orlando? Second row passengers get individual, multimedia 10-inch horizontal, high-definition seat back video screens with HDMI ports as part of the Family Group. Those third row seats quickly and easily flip forward and down, as part of the Stow ’n Go system, hiding under the floor. San Diego to San Francisco?

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. Charlotte to Orlando? And those third row seats quickly and easily flip forward and down, as part of the Stow ’n Go system, hiding under the floor. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.