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Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

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The Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) has ruled in West Virginia v. Where the statute at issue is one that confers authority upon an administrative agency, that inquiry must be “shaped, at least in some measure, by the nature of the question presented”—whether Congress in fact meant to confer the power the agency has asserted.

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Audi joins Spoke Safety, Qualcomm, Commsignia to help protect bicyclists through connected technology

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The first public demonstrations of the Spoke connected bicycle technology with the Audi e-tron Sportback will be 21-23 March at the PeopleForBikes Bicycle Leadership Conference in Dana Point, California, followed by the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California, 7-10 April.

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. Mississippi State University. The Ohio State University. University of Alabama. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. University of Washington. University of Waterloo. Other participating sponsors include: NXP Semiconductors, Inc.; dSPACE, Inc.; The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He worked in managerial positions in New York, Ohio, and Virginia, then became AEP's chief executive in 1976 and served in that role until he retired in 1991. White was the first American chair of the International Conference on Large High-Voltage Electric Systems. He also served as a director of the Virginia Tech Foundation.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

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West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. At the end of the second week, students had the opportunity to display their completed hybrid-electric Chevrolet Camaros with a car show at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle. Horiba; DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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Letting in the Light

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Within a few years, outreach efforts by these chapter members at local electric vehicle (EV) events had grown to include presentations at conferences around the country, and eventually around the world. His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University. In all, the workshop has been presented in over a dozen countries.

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Ohio State named first-year champion in 4-year EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Rounding out the top three are Virginia Tech in second place and the University of Alabama in third place. The Ohio State University has been named The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One champion, taking the lead in the premier four-year collegiate engineering competition.

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