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Salazar: Obama Administration Keeping Oil Shale Development an Option

Green Car Congress

Salazar, who halted leases for oil and gas development on some federal lands in Utah earlier this month, said that while the administration will focus on energy efficiency and renewable sources, there is still room for conventional fuels. Let’s put everything on the table.”. Colorado Gov.

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SAE International approves TIR J2954 for PH/EV wireless charging; targeting finalized standard by 2018

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He presented the SAE TIR J2954 on Tuesday in a keynote talk during the 4 th Conference for Electric Roads and Vehicles (CERV) in Logan, Utah. Jesse Schneider serves as the Chair of SAE International’s Wireless Power Transfer committee and is the Fuel Cell, Electric Vehicle and Standards Development Manager at BMW North America.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

EV Connect

On the utility side, Rocky Mountain Power offers incentives to commercial customers in Utah that cover 75% of the costs, ranging from $1,000 per Level 2 charger up to $42,000 per multiport DC fast charger. Washington state offers tax credits for up to 50% of the costs of equipment and related costs. These are just a few examples.

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Hatch Hopes to Drive Plug-In

Plug In Partners

Hatch (R-Utah) extolled the virtues of plug-in hybrid technology, which promises electric-gas cars powered via standard wall sockets, in a speech to the National Press Club today. EV world HATCH HOPING TO DRIVE PLUG-IN HYBRID TECHNOLOGY Speech with National Press Club explores alternative-fuel cars Washington — Sen.

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Hummer achieves 100mpg

Green Cars News

Hummer cars are known to have previously achieved as little as 12mpg, but thanks to Raser Technologies; who are currently exhibiting the new Hummer at the Plug-In Conference 2009, until Wednesday, 12 August at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California; the reputation of the Hummer could be on the mend.

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The Cold War Arms Race Over Prosthetic Arms

Cars That Think

After many design iterations and improvements, the Boston Arm debuted in 1968 at a press conference at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Boston Arm, in turn, influenced the Utah Artificial Arm , developed by Stephen Jacobsen , who had completed his Ph.D. But colloquially and in the popular press, the name “Boston Arm” stuck.)

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

Cars That Think

Heretofore, most interaction between men and computers has been slowed down by the need to reduce all communication to written statements that can by typed; in the past, we have been writing letters to rather than conferring with our computers.…The The Sketchpad system…opens up a new era of man-machine communication.”

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