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The Port of San Diego just deployed one of the largest electric forklifts in the US

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Photo: SSA Marine The Port of San Diego has put the first commercially available, large-capacity, electric forklift made in the US into service. Leading the charge at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal is a 55,000-pound capacity Wiggins Yard eBull battery electric forklift. Get started here. –

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California Assemblymembers introduce bill phasing out gasoline-fueled small off-road engines

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California Assemblymembers Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to phase out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), which are primarily used in lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other outdoor power equipment.

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For Greener Manufacturing, Think IAQ

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The next generation of cars will be cleaner and greener than ever—but a lot of the manufacturing processes that go into them are still pretty dirty. These particulates have serious health impacts if not controlled in the factory environment. by Craig Widtfeldt, RoboVent. Click to enlarge.

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Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

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They did the test in real homes as part of Project Surya, which quantifies the impacts of cleaner cooking technologies in a village in India. The researchers measured black carbon concentrations from five commercial IC models and a traditional mud cookstove. —Kar et al. Abhishek Kar, Ibrahim H. Rehman, Jennifer Burney, S.

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Smart Charging: How AI and IoT are Transforming EV Charging

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Another compelling case study comes from a residential neighbourhood in San Diego, California, where ChargePoint built the world’s largest and most open electric vehicle (EV) charging network. This network, equipped with AI and IoT technologies, allows residents to benefit from dynamic pricing models and load balancing.

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NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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To field test its analysis findings, NREL and DOE supported establishing the world’s first fully integrated energy storage system consisting of multiple heterogeneous reused vehicle batteries on the campus of project partner University of California – San Diego (UCSD). —Mike Ferry, Center for Sustainable Energy.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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These apps are “providing a service that doesn’t exist,” says Colin Depp , a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, San Diego. Providers can’t observe their patients around the clock, he says, but smartphone data can help close the gap. Who participates in the studies matters too.

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