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Duke Energy and ITOCHU to assess second-life applications for Li-ion automotive batteries

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Duke Energy and ITOCHU’s program builds upon their involvement in Project Plug-IN, a large-scale public/private EV initiative based in Indianapolis. According to some auto industry estimates, electric vehicle (EV) batteries that can no longer charge to approximately 80% of their original capacity may be candidates for replacement.

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Pong Was Boring—And People Loved It

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Pong kick-started a global video-game industry that is now worth upwards of US $300 billion. Allan Alcorn, shown here in 2011, designed Pong as an exercise, to learn about how to design video games. inducted Pong into its World Video Game Hall of Fame , citing its popularity and influence in launching the video-game industry.

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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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New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. The initiative will also support the purchase of dedicated propane school buses and vehicles and, provide an innovative outreach program designed specifically to retrain and certify U.S.