Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

Peter Slowik and Nic Lutsey analyze the connections among various state and local policies; public and workplace charging infrastructure; consumer incentives; model availability; and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid).

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When triggered, they emit a blaring sound, flashing lights and often disable the vehicle’s ignition. Tire Locks : Tire locks, commonly known as “boots” or “Denver boots,” are typically used by law enforcement to immobilize illegally parked vehicles.

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Denver Minivan Automobile Cars 73

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

With added flows into Cushing from the north and west, and limited pipeline capacity to move crude from Cushing to Gulf Coast refineries, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil has traded at a substantial discount to crudes such as Louisiana Light Sweet and Brent. Another prominent project is Tallgrass’ planned Pony Express conversion.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. This technology stops the engine during idle when the brake pedal is held (such as when waiting at a red light). A Start/Stop system is standard for all Tiguan trims.

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

Cars That Think

JANUARY 13, 2022

These wave-shaped clouds, seen over an apartment complex in Denver, Colo., What they actually see is effectively the shadow cast by the sodium atoms as they fluoresce when illuminated by laser light, a technique known as absorption imaging. exhibit what’s called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Rick Duffy/Wikipedia.

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MIT Sodium Gas Denver 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Using NVIDIA’s Material Definition Language—which simulates how light reflects and refracts off of actual materials—digital instrument clusters and infotainment systems can be customized with a wide range of virtual materials, from copper, titanium and brushed aluminum, to stitched leather and carbon fiber.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2023

Leland is gradually losing his vision due to a congenital condition called retinitis pigmentosa , which slowly kills off the rods and cones that are the eyes’ light receptors. They used a light-sensitive material—selenium­—to create a device in the twenties called the optophone. The technique was known as musical print.

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Personal All-Electric DIY Light 82

Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

At Chicago O’Hare International Airport, a tunnel of neon lights and mirrors by the artist Michael Hayden and the architect Helmut Jahn enlivens a subterranean passageway ( located after security in Terminal 1 between Concourses B and C). There are also bubble tubes, a sensory feature with glowing beads and bubbles constantly in motion.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 25, 2022

Cardboard is rigid and light—it can glide over a series of mechanical camlike disks, while other, denser materials fall in between the disks. Here, a tandem robot system operates at a Waste Connections recycling facility [top], and a single robot arm [bottom] recovers a piece of corrugated cardboard. That’s good for the planet.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 28, 2021

More than 20 percent of Internet-connected devices experienced performance issues at any given time, and 80 percent had major disruptions several times a day. For instance, high-latency connections limit the speed of "matchmaking," or the process of connecting players to one another, by restricting the pool of players who can join quickly.

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