Cars That Think

JULY 27, 2022

Jack Dongarra ’s dream job growing up was to teach science at a public high school in Chicago. “I After he graduated high school, there was only one university he wanted to attend: Chicago State. Chicago State accepted his application, and he decided to major in mathematics. “I I’ve prospered in that environment.

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JUNE 29, 2021

A few examples of 2021 Low-No grant projects include: The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will receive nearly $7 million to purchase battery electric buses and charging equipment, upgrade its Southside bus depot and provide workforce training. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). Broome County (NY). City of Fayetteville (NC).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Praxair Inc., a member of the Linde group - Praxair, Inc. will partner with ORNL to develop a multi-physics 3D CFD model of an Oxygen Transport Membrane (OTM) reactor module in a project titled “High Performance Computing for Improvement of Syngas Production Efficiency with OTM Technology.”.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Orange’s T-Series is the only terminal truck solution that qualifies for financial incentives through Drive Clean Chicago (DCC). Through the Drive Clean Chicago program, CMAQ funds are paid directly to Orange EV to reduce customer purchase price. Eligible vehicles must operate 75% of the time in the Chicago 6-county area.).

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AUGUST 26, 2013

The island environment also makes it easier to strategically place charging points so that EV drivers have easy access to reach key destinations. San Diego ranks in the top LEAF cities for many of the same reasons in other California and West Coast markets: state tax incentives, HOV/HOT access and general environment-mindedness.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

A new study led by University of Chicago researchers finds an association between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders. These neurological and psychiatric diseases—so costly in both financial and social terms—appear linked to the physical environment, particularly air quality.

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Teslarati

JUNE 28, 2022

As noted by Uber in a recent press release , drivers in 30+ cities such as Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Miami are able to rent a Tesla through its partnership with Hertz. She noted that apart from the fact that her trips are helping the environment , her riders generally love the car that she drives as well.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

In partially automated driving mode, the trip will include stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York, Miami, San Antonio and San Diego. Using the collected data, the scanner creates a map of the environment allowing it to analyze and anticipate events around the vehicle.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. The largest greening BUAs are Pearl River Delta (PRD), Tokyo, Yangtze River Delta (YRD), Miami, Beijing, Chicago, Seoul, Tianjin, São Paulo, and Osaka.

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JULY 24, 2018

—Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering and lead author. This is a newly discovered reason why these promising batteries have such a steep drop off in efficiency and yield after relatively few charge/discharge cycles.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

A lot of fuss was made this winter when some Tesla owners in Chicago experienced difficulty charging – but that wasn’t the experience for the majority of EV owners. Image via NBC 9News. In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

In Chicago, there have been reports of EV batteries not charging because of freezing weather. roads by 2030—and while that’s a good thing for the environment, there aren’t enough charging stations to accommodate the projected boom. Furthermore, depending on the kind of disaster, charging up an EV can be incredibly difficult.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Meeting in Chicago, the chief executives of commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers in Europe, Japan, and the United States discussed fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions, diesel fuel specifications, and topics related to heavy-duty engine and vehicle regulation and certification. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 Steven Barrett, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and colleagues have published their results in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge. Waitz, Steve H.L. Yim, Steven R.H.

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Teslarati

JUNE 10, 2021

For years, Tesla has been known for its semi-autonomous vehicles that assist drivers in traveling while creating a safer environment on the road for everyone. The job postings are available in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, the Bay Area, Washington D.C., Tesla is looking to recruit several Autopilot test drivers in major U.S.

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MAY 21, 2015

AllCell Technologies, LLC, a Chicago-based Lithium-ion battery pack manufacturer for smart-grid, autonomous and light electric vehicle applications, and LG Chem Ltd. have developed a high performance long lasting Li-ion battery for material handling applications. IATA/UN 38.3

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 12, 2018

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MARCH 16, 2017

Chicago, Ill.; Through its Rolling Laboratory, UPS uses a research-based approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions for the location, route and driving environments. It is then distributed through the natural gas pipeline system, making it available for use as liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG).

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Come out this weekend in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, San Diego, Houston and Sacramento! 11/11 - Discussion immediately following film featuring Ross Macfarlane from Climate Solutions, Rich Feldman from Ecotality and Sandra Pinto de Bader from the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment. 8:15 , Tue. (15)

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The company presented its first results at the annual ASME ICEF (Internal Combustion Engine Fall) conference in Chicago. Using the virtual simulation environment GT-Power, this cycle is applied to a 4-cylinder SI engine. ECONAMIQ expects the technology to be implemented in several vehicles in the upcoming years.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This project represents the unique opportunity DOE’s National Laboratory System offers to the industry, to collaborate in an open environment to deliver fast, innovative, manufacturing solutions. This machine allows car-scale forms to be created very quickly and freely to machined precision, but without the necessity of forming tools, etc.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

The first of the NSFCloud projects will support the design, deployment and initial operation of “Chameleon,” a large-scale, reconfigurable experimental environment for cloud research, co-located at the University of Chicago and The University of Texas at Austin. Chameleon will consist of 650 cloud nodes with 5 petabytes of storage.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

million to the Center for Transportation and the Environment in Atlanta and $10.17 Chicago Transit Authority Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration. Johnson City, NY; Chicago Transit Authority; Air Products Inc., Develop and conduct in-service testing for a next generation Buy America compliant fuel cell bus in Chicago’s RTA fleet.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

’ After launching a pilot program this past Summer in a dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Not just for the environment but also for our teams working hard to get tens of thousands of electric delivery vehicles on the road.

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2022

by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Fighting the effects of climate change requires constant innovation and action, and Amazon is partnering with companies who share our passion for inventing new ways to minimize our impact on the environment.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

The Decree further mandates the Secretary of the Environment and the Secretary of Mobility to consider requirements for monitoring and reporting. Privately-owned electric vehicles will enjoy these same incentives.)

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JANUARY 28, 2010

The top four cities included first-ranked Los Angeles and second-ranked San Francisco with Chicago and New York tied for third. Since EVs are a unique solution for congested urban environments, we are taking a city-by-city approach rather than a national or state-by-state approach. Chicago (tie). —Richard Canny.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The largest US cities—New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—score best in economic factors but are hindered by poor transportation infrastructure, lack of green spaces and diminishing affordable housing, according to the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index by ARCADIS, a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Drivers in major metropolitan areas such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles spend even longer times queuing to and from work every day. The low-speed traffic jam assistance system is the second technology for autonomous driving recently presented by Volvo Car Corporation. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

of anticipated 2016 new vehicle sales, leaving the over-invested battery industry in a trying environment. Wendt, Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants’ Chicago office. As a result, production plans for EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) for the next 4-5 years are being slashed. —Thomas F.

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DECEMBER 16, 2017

For example, one of North America’s largest coke refineries is on the southeast side of Chicago. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biogeochemistry at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Oil and coke refineries are generally built in areas where residents don’t have the political or economic clout to fight back, Schlesinger noted.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

But the extra emissions released as a result can cause 50% higher costs to human health and the environment.). They then modeled the emissions from those power plants, the effects of emissions on air pollution in downwind counties, and the resulting implications for human health and the environment.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

The software and systems unit is headquartered in Immenstaad, Germany, and has additional locations in Singapore, Chicago, and Stuttgart. That especially applies to technologies that are relevant for Bosch—technologies related to energy, mobility, health, and the environment.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO made the remarks in an opening address to the annual Aviation and Environment Summit being held in Geneva by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). As GIACC prepares for Copenhagen, three challenges must be met.

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MAY 14, 2010

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. to develop micro-scale, chemical sensors and sensor arrays composed of nano-derived, metal-oxide composite materials to detect gases such as hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide within high-temperature environments (>500 °C). Computational Energy Sciences.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said. Luckily, so many in our chapter are passionate about EVs and passionate about healing the environment. Harless helped convert a second vehicle with friend Robert Layman, an engineer for Eli Lilly, who he introduced to Steiner.

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