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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Credit Company announced today Peer-2-Peer Car Sharing—a pilot program for select customers in six US cities and in London. US customers participate through the Web-based, mobile-friendly software of ride-share company Getaround, while London drivers connect through a similar rental system of easyCar Club.

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January’s Secret: It’s the Best Month

Baua Electric

I dislike breaking up my routine in the second half of December,” said Mr. Mac, 55, who lives in suburban Washington and, like many comics, travels extensively. “I While fares to Caribbean islands and ski resorts ping upward, the cost of airline tickets to other destinations plummets. I can’t get anything done.”

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

Cars That Think

According to experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., Governments once dominated space because the cost of building and launching satellites was so great. Matt Korda , senior research associate at the Federation of American Scientists, in Washington, D.C. IEEE Spectrum.

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Exxon/Mobil Guilty of Climate Change Coverup. Now Ordered Out of Torrance 3 Years Sooner.

Creative Greenius

These include the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) in Dallas, Texas, which received $75,000 (£45,500), and the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, which received $50,000.

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What Is Hyperloop? And What Does It Offer?

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Potential routes include New York-Washington DC, Pune-Mumbai, Kansas City-St. Back in 1864, the Crystal Palace pneumatic railway used air pressure to propel a wagon uphill (and a vacuum to draw it back down) in Victorian south London. Louis, Bratislava-Brno, Vijaywada-Amaravati, and many others. Is it really a novel idea?

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. We also have a grocery delivery van with Waitrose in London.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve.

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