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Study found highly elevated PM2.5 in pre-COVID-19 subway air in NE US; NYC the worst

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concentrations and particle composition from area samples collected in the subways of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; New York City, New York/New Jersey (NYC/NJ); and Washington, District of Columbia. By comparison, aboveground air concentrations for all measured cities averaged just 16 ?g/m

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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This is due to the 30 to 40 percent increase in emissions EVs create in comparison to manufacturing an ICE vehicle, mainly from its battery production. In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. For instance, recent U.S.

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

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Cost (and Cost Comparison) A recent study showed 67% of would-be purchasers claim cost is a primary concern. Qualifying projects can receive up to 80% of their costs from NEVI grants and must meet strict standards around charging experience, uptime, reporting, cybersecurity, and more.

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RPI researchers develop safe, long-cycling Li-metal rechargeable battery electrode; demonstrate Li-carbon battery

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Ce 0.02 (PO 4 ) 3 /C) measured at comparable current densities has been included for comparison. Crossan Professorship at Rensselaer, and a Bob Buhrmaster ’69 grant from the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship and Lally School of Management at Rensselaer. O 2 and Li 3 V 1.98 Mukherjee et al. Click to enlarge.

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DOE fuel cell market report shows continued growth, with sales surpassing $1.3B worldwide in 2013

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Approximately 300 different entities were granted fuel cell patents in 2013. The rest of the top five, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Ohio, have a cumulative total that is less than Michigan on its own. million in grants to build new and upgrade existing hydrogen fueling stations around the state.

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

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It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). The architecture goes back to the TX-2, built with 32 program counters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratories in the late 1950s. and Toronto, Ont.,

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