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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

Green Car Congress

In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Because what we are seeing is software and connectivity technology are driving vehicle innovation faster than ever.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. Utilities, some of them will do more of that than others. —Jon Lauckner. —Dan Ford.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

Cars That Think

As director of technology integration at Lockheed Martin , in Grand Prairie, Texas, he leads a team that is actively pursuing breakthroughs designed to, among other things, allow life-saving missions to be performed in hazardous environments without putting humans at risk. The IEEE connections helped him get his first job.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. I am definitely invested in EV adoption and can connect with engineers and media because of my background in EV ownership and my master’s in mechanical engineering. I thrive in a mentoring environment that provides space for me to grow.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. I am definitely invested in EV adoption and can connect with engineers and media because of my background in EV ownership and my master’s in mechanical engineering. I thrive in a mentoring environment that provides space for me to grow.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people. A high-speed network that connects computers, printers, and other peripherals in an office or building. And in the Xerox environment in ’76, all of a sudden you could create things and make lots of them.” Local area network.

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

Creative Greenius

We covered: global warming, nuclear power, clean air, smart growth, globalization and the environment. But I say it is because the money we spend there cannot be spent on fixing the environment. Number two, we’ve made a terrible mess of the environment there. Public Policy Conference on Clean Air - 2004.

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