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National Drive Electric Week 2021

EV Match

It is also the perfect opportunity for drivers who are EV-curious, or considering transitioning to an electric vehicle, to attend in-person or online events and connect with EV owners, manufacturers, and organizations in the EV/conservation space to gain extensive insight on the subject from a variety of different perspectives. .

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Protecting Your Ride: A Guide to Anti-Theft Systems & Devices

Clean Fleet Report

Tire Locks : Tire locks, commonly known as “boots” or “Denver boots,” are typically used by law enforcement to immobilize illegally parked vehicles. In the event of theft, it becomes challenging for criminals to sell the vehicle’s parts or alter its identity. That’s where insurance comes into play.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

Cars That Think

Lives and businesses are being severely affected, and the cost of recovering after each event continues to mount. Direct health impacts include an increase in respiratory and cardiovascular disease and injuries or death due to extreme weather events.

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USGS-led study finds that recent unusual snowpack declines in the Rockies may signal a fundamental shift from precipitation to temperature as dominant influence

Green Car Congress

anthropogenic warming by decadal variability.Together these events. In the West, the average position of the winter storm tracks tend to fluctuate north and south around a latitudinal line connecting Denver, Salt Lake City and Sacramento. may signal a fundamental shift from precipitation to. regional water supplies.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

Green Car Congress

The core element of the new engine is a new combustion process combining short intake events with a high compression ratio. Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Cars That Think

The ARPANET Is Born Kahn wasn’t the only one thinking about connecting disparate computers in the 1960s. In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line. There were 30 or 40 nodes on the ARPANET at the time.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

The Denver EAA chapter is still dedicated to its core mission nearly 50 years after its founding. Members of the Denver Electric Vehicle Council tour the Xcel Energy Cherokee power plant. We did a tour of the Xcel Energy power plant in Denver where we got to see the different generators. Air Force Academy. “We