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Midwest EVOLVE electric vehicle project hosts first EV ride and drive at Earth Day event in Ohio

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The ride-and-drive is a part of a new seven-state project called Midwest EVOLVE (Electric Vehicle Opportunities: Learning, eVents, Experience). EarthFest is Ohio’s largest environmental education event and the longest-running Earth Day celebration in the nation.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. The chapter scheduled pre-events that stretched for nearly 3 weeks before NDEW began. The right folks Erb gave other reasons for the chapter’s success that predate the original NDEW event.

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No Eclipse Plans? Try These Last-Minute Strategies.

Baua Electric

The highest demand so far has come in places like Dallas and Austin, Texas, as well as Cleveland and Indianapolis. The rental car company Hertz reported a 3,000 percent increase in advanced bookings for car rentals in cities along the eclipse path compared with the previous year. and Montreal.

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Study provides more insight into air pollution mechanisms that cause cardiovascular diseases

Green Car Congress

While the mechanisms by which air pollutants cause cardiovascular events is undergoing continual refinement, the preponderant evidence support rapid effects of a diversity of pollutants including all particulate pollutants (e.g. The findings have been published in an open-access paper in the European Heart Journal. —Thomas Münzel.

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Ohio EV Tour stops for a day of Dayton hospitality 

Electric Auto Association

Green Energy Ohio (GEO), promoting sustainable energy policies, technologies, and practices for many years, recently organized a state-wide electric vehicle (EV) tour of Ohio that began in Cleveland on June 7 and ended in Columbus on June 11. Polestar 2 at the event. with the most patents per capita.

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Ohio workshop seeks ideas for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

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The workshop will be held 9 July at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. and local Cleveland organizations that include NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cuyahoga Community College and Case Western Reserve University. Institute structure and governance. Strategies for sustainable institute operations.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

Cars That Think

More than 50 percent of pregnant people become anemic, according to the Cleveland Clinic , risking premature birth, low birth weight for the baby, and postpartum depression. He presented his app at last year’s IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality during an event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services.

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