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Connecticut Adopts Advanced Clean Cars 2 Rules

EV Club of CT

Governor Lamont And DEEP Host Press Conference To Announce CT Formally Adopting New Regs This was not your typical press conference. It wasn’t a ribbon cutting for a new bridge, or better yet, for a. Read more

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

He was largely responsible for moving the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1978 from Philadelphia to San Francisco. He helped found the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering. The next year he chaired the 2004 European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference.

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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

Green Car Congress

The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 This multi-state effort is intended to expand consumer awareness and demand for zero-emission vehicles.

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BMW bringing 4-cylinder gasoline engines back to the US; more diesels to come

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Jens Vetter from BMW presented an overview of the company’s current findings on the relation between cell and system characteristics for Li-ion battery packs for hybrids at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Pasadena.). Special emphasis is on light weight, compact size, and electric power.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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On a conference call on Tuesday, EPA officials said they expected to release the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the vehicle greenhouse gas regulations later this year. Using the projected California fleet mix, ARB calculates the average emissions form the MY2016 new vehicle fleet will be approximately 243 g/mi (or about 36.6

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

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Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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Tesla bill for direct sales in CT postponed again 

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Lawmakers believe that Connecticut’s Tesla bill isn’t likely to pass this year. A bill supporting direct sales for Tesla has been circulating in Connecticut for some time. On Tuesday, April 26, the opposition to the legislation held a conference. “I don’t see the need to do a Tesla bill.

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