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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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It will mark the start of a pilot plan announced last March to electrify a major thoroughfare that opens electric vehicle travel between four critical markets including Seattle, Boise, Salt Lake City and Denver. ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers can bring the Volvo C40 Recharge, for example, from a 20% to a 90% charge in about 40 minutes.

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Aclima partnering with Google to map outdoor air quality with Street View vehicles

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a San Francisco-based company that designs and deploys environmental sensor networks, is partnering with Google Earth Outreach to map and better to understand urban air quality. Sample output from the Denver pilot. —Karin Tuxen-Bettman, Program Manager for Google Earth Outreach. Aclima, Inc., Click to enlarge.

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Benchmarking Robots with Dog-Inspired Barkour

Cars That Think

Inspired by dog-agility courses, a team of scientists from Google DeepMind has developed a robot-agility course called Barkour to test the abilities of four-legged robots. Google “We picked these obstacles to put multiple axes of agility, including speed, acceleration, and balance,” he said. “It

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Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

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The charging stations, powered by ChargePoint, will be installed at up to 15 stores along a 1,350-miles corridor from Seattle to Denver. Volvo Recharge models with Google embedded can use the ChargePoint app to locate and access the Starbucks-located charging stations along the route.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Arlington, Texas Environmental Insights Explorer for Buildings, $750,000 Google, Mountian View, Calif. Computer Programs for Analysis of Thermally Reactive Tracer Tests in Geothermal Reservoirs, $150,000 Geothermal Scientific Inc., Tustin, Calif.

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

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p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. But let us dig in to see how [url=[link] report[/url] came together.[/p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers that offered comparable levels of daily traffic.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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