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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

Green Car Congress

The projects—which include two new car sharing services, new ZEV bus and shuttle routes and electric vehicle charging systems throughout the region—are part of Electrify America’s Green City Initiative, which was announced by the company and city officials in 2017. Projects include: CAR SHARING. mile “Home Zone.”

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. During the 1990s, as the size of files and software increased, computer companies searched for alternatives. MB of data.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. by: Michael Kanellos.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

EV Adoption

And the company recently announced plans to raise $9 billion in a private placement for future expansion. Four of these companies — BYD, NIO, Xpeng, and Li Auto — are publicly traded on US stock exchanges and it is expected that we will see some of them enter the US market in the next few years. NIO ec6 – Source: NIO.

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A Mexican Drug Cartel’s New Target? Seniors and Their Timeshares

Baua Electric

Then avocados, real estate and construction companies. The scam represents the latest evolution of the Jalisco New Generation, which is entrenched in both illegal and legal sectors of the economy. The building was in an upscale neighborhood, across the street from a park. First the cartel cut its teeth with drug trafficking.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance.

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Why AI Should Move Slow and Fix Things

Cars That Think

She reminds engineers that default settings are not neutral, that convenient datasets may be rife with ethical and legal problems , and that benchmarks aren’t always assessing the right things. What can engineers do if they’re concerned about algorithmic bias and other issues regarding AI ethics, but they work for a typical big tech company?