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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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A new white paper from a team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses the growing US electric vehicle market and the factors that are driving it, with a focus on the 50 most populous US metropolitan areas. Many factors are helping to spur electric vehicle growth in markets across the United States.

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Azure Dynamics announces sales of 29 Transit Connect Electrics

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Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 29 new Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including 8 units in Europe and 21 units in North America, which includes a 3-unit reorder from Johnson Controls, Inc. Boyer Ford in Minneapolis, MN. Harris Ford in Lynnwood, WA (2 units). Metro Motors Ltd in Port Coquitlam, BC (2 units).

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Volvo Trucks, UMN partner with local fleets for extreme weather field testing of Volvo VNR Electric truck batteries

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The BTMS is a dedicated heating and cooling system connected to the batteries with the purpose of avoiding the chemical reaction slow down or potential cell damage in extreme conditions.

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Azure Dynamics signs HEV/EV sales/service agreements with 76 additional dealerships

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Azure Dynamics Corporation has signed agreements with 76 additional dealerships to represent Azure’s products including the Transit Connect Electric and the Balance Hybrid Electric in key markets across North America. The new agreements bring the total number of dealerships in the Azure program to 103.

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Geographers provide new insight into commuter megaregions of the US

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Understanding the way functional geographic connections cross over the existing borderlines of states and regions is key for developing institutional forms that match the patterns of the contemporary world. The algorithm relies on the connectivity between nodes and does not take into consideration geographic proximity.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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Electric vehicles on the market today typically have motors with power densities between 1.1 However, these field lines from the rotor poles have a tendency to interfere with each other, which reduces the lines, or flux, available to connect to the corresponding stator poles. (It fell short of the predicted value of 1.87

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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation

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None take aim at what Kevin Tracey , in an influential 2002 article , termed the “inflammatory reflex,” a neural network that indirectly regulates immune responses to infection and injury through the vagus nerve and its connected organs. This was my unplanned market research,” Tak says. “To