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Raleigh-Durham Airport to buy 4 Proterra electric buses and charging infrastructure

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The Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) Authority has approved the purchase of four Proterra Catalyst E2 zero-emissions battery-electric transit buses and related charging infrastructure. In addition to traveler benefits, the operational cost of electricity, at $.19/mile, 19/mile, is substantially lower than diesel, at $.84/mile.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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The City of Tucson will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. Lextran will receive funds toward the design and construction of a covered storage area and the incremental cost of additional zero emission vehicles.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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The cost of performing a calculation on a PC dropped so much that it was often significantly cheaper to use a little machine than a mainframe. IBM would continue to design new laptops for Lenovo in Raleigh, N.C. As the PC market matured, the gold rush of the late 1970s and early 1980s gave way to a more stable market.

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