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Junkyard Find: Chevrolet Corvair Trucks

The Truth About Cars

Sure, we got a low-production accessible taxi and a Chevrolet-badged Daewoo built in India back in January, but their connections to the Motor City were tenuous at best. Today we fix that, with a foursome of distressed Chevrolet FC95 Corvairs in an old-timey boneyard about 30 miles north of Denver, Colorado.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

The system can operate independently from or while connected to the main power grid. Located in four clusters of electrical generation infrastructure strategically placed around the new terminal to create a single smart, resilient energy system, this microgrid will also include 3.84 MW of fuel cells and 1.5

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How U.S. Airports Like Pittsburgh’s Generate Electricity On Site to Avoid Heathrow-Like Outages

Baua Electric

Denver International Airport has multiple connections to the grid in case one fails, but it recently also put in place a solar-powered battery storage system to keep its underground trains running in an emergency. can help reduce an airports carbon footprint.

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IEEE Life Members Committee Reconnects With Members

Cars That Think

We re-established connections, developed new goals, and introduced new programs, he says. In Colorado, the IEEE Denver and Pikes Peak groups visited the U.S. As we rebounded from COVID, says Howard Wolfman , past chair, the Life Members Committee took a deep breath and said, Lets move forward. What are our issues?

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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

Green Car Congress

It will mark the start of a pilot plan announced last March to electrify a major thoroughfare that opens electric vehicle travel between four critical markets including Seattle, Boise, Salt Lake City and Denver.

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Xcel Energy and Customer Coalition To Be Among First Users of Electric Transit Connect

Green Car Congress

Xcel Energy and a coalition of its customers have been selected to be among the first in the country to receive the all-electric Ford Transit Connect Electric commercial van. Ford Transit Connect Electric is a collaborative effort between Ford Motor Company and Azure. Azure Dynamics Corp. The city of Saint Paul, Minn.,

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Audi of America expands Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA)

Green Car Congress

Audi is committed to moving America in many ways, including through the development of industry-leading connectivity and mobility solutions. Enabled metro areas include: Dallas, Denver, Gainesville, Fla.; Today, more than 4,700 intersections support both the “time-to-green” and GLOSA functionalities. Phoenix, Portland, Ore.;

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