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Local Motors debuts first self-driving vehicle using IBM Watson Internet of Things for Automotive

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The vehicle, dubbed “Olli,” will be used on public roads locally in Washington DC, and late in 2016 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. Olli was unveiled during the grand opening of a new Local Motors facility in National Harbor, MD and transported Local Motors CEO and co-founder John B. Rogers, Jr.

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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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University of Florida - $894,042. University of Nevada, Las Vegas - $989,800. University of Nevada, Las Vegas - $451,269. Pennsylvania State University - $1,377,444. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - $810,141. University of Michigan - $931,603. University of Michigan- $406,712. University of Michigan - $1,181,379.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will include the purchase and conversion of 283 alternative fuel vehicles for numerous fleets including taxis, cities, schools, and delivery vehicles. to Florida to Mississippi to create the nation’s first propane corridor. South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project.

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

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Nevada: Las Vegas EVA 3. Conferring with Amtrak on "Spirit's" Auto Train Return from Sanford, Florida. Will be a'waiting to converse further while the "Spirit of DC" takes me to San Diego, CA on Friday. And a return to Professor Andy Frank at UC- Davis 2. Arizona: Flagstaff EAA and Phoenix EAA. Also, Shipping Address.

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