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Los Angeles to receive more than $200M in state grants for active transportation projects

Green Car Congress

The City of Los Angeles is set to receive more than $200 million in Active Transportation Program (ATP) grants following a vote on Wednesday by the California Transportation Commission (CTC). The CTC awarded ATP Cycle 6 grants to six separate projects within the City of Los Angeles. Osborne Street: Path to Park Access Project ($42.3

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

Green Car Congress

US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined President Barack Obama to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the US Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery ( TIGER ) competitive grant program.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Ladies and gentlemen your friendly neighborhood Greenius has hit the wall. I had no family connections, inheritance or trust fund. I helped found the South Bay Bicycle Coalition, helped win the $250,000 grant from the LA County Health Department and worked with the rest of the Board to get the 7-city Master Bicycle Plan passed.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

And then there’s interoperability and all those standards that we take for granted in the 12- and 24-volt world. Right now I’m working on a committee where we’re defining the standard for an ePTO (electric power take-off) connection. They don’t really exist in the 800-volt world. Also, it’s a maintenance issue. Garbage trucks.

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Solar Mobile EV Charging Station along Highway can really help!

Setec Powerr

Aiming to boost confidence in battery-powered cars by ensuring drivers can always find somewhere to plug in, grants included in the infrastructure law will help states build a charging network designed to reach highways in almost every corner of the country. It’s quite difficult to fast-charge your car in many U.S.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. Only the PHEV can share energy with the grid without stranding the driver. One PHEV company, Efficient Drivetrains Inc.,

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