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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Ford, Chevy and Buick-GMC-Cadillac dealerships promote throughout 4 states

Baua Electric

“Russo introduced me to Southworth, and we got along, and we thought it was a good price, and we bought the store,” he stated. At Penske, he was once an segment vp of Cleveland and Minneapolis and labored as a basic supervisor. The automobile store on Feb. The automobile store on Feb. Garber Car ranks Refuse.

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NASA awarding $45M to green rocket propellant technology demonstration mission

Green Car Congress

Hydrazine is an efficient propellant and can be stored for long periods of time, but it also is highly corrosive and toxic. NASA is seeking new, non-toxic high performance green propellants that could be safely and widely used by rocketeers, ranging from government to industry and academia.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. Conventional gasoline vehicles only convert about 30% of the energy stored in gasoline to power at the wheels—the balance (~70%) literally goes up in smoke.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

He has been working with electric vehicles (EVs) since 1986, when he was involved with electric and hybrid development in the bus industry. When we raced the Lightnings in Cleveland, the organizers had to pay to be on the schedule, but they had money from electric utilities,” Erb explained. “We

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Praj Industries Ltd. Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Particle Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Exchanger for Carbon-Free Industry Heat Supply, $249,500. NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas). Pune, India).

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.) The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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