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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

The chief executive, Dave Calhoun, will leave at the end of the year, and Stan Deal, the head of the commercial planes division, which makes the 737 Max, retired immediately. Boeing said that it had increased the number of quality inspectors for commercial planes by 20 percent since 2019 and that inspections per plane had also risen.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

Green Car Congress

In June, Plug In Carolina selected AeroVironment to supply, install and support a network of public electric vehicle stations in seven South Carolina cities. Roush Manufacturing will manufacture the Blink home and commercial electric vehicle chargers. Among those exhibiting were: Aerovironment. Click to enlarge.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

Green Car Congress

OBE believes they will be one of the first commercial-scale renewable fuel producers to petition for an advanced biofuel designation from the EPA. With commercial scale cellulosic ethanol still a longer term solution, OBE sees an opportunity to be an early advanced biofuel market participant. Osage Energy Annual Plant Production.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

These can be grouped into two broad categories: commercial and industrial loads, and residential loads. To increase the impact of our work, we decided to commercialize PEM in parallel with our research and founded Packetized Energy in 2016. Here’s how. Electricity demand on the grid comes from billions of electrical loads.