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Chevrolet introduce electrified AWD Corvette: 2024 E-Ray hybrid

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Exactly 70 years after the Corvette made its original debut at Motorama in New York City, Chevrolet returned to the city to introduce the first electrified Corvette featuring all-wheel-drive and a powerful 6.2L It is designed for quietly exiting a neighborhood, with a maximum speed of 45 mph.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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For the design of Woven City, Toyota has commissioned Danish architect, Bjarke Ingels, CEO, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). His team at BIG have designed many high-profile projects: from 2 World Trade Center in New York and Lego House in Denmark, to Google’s Mountain View and London headquarters.

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Skanska is about to transform a Brooklyn marine terminal into a major offshore wind hub

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gigawatt (GW) Empire Wind project, which Equinor is currently developing 15 to 30 miles off New York. On a larger scale, South Brooklyn Marine Terminal is designed to be a central, scalable hub for the expanding East Coast offshore wind market, including as a port for future offshore wind developments.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly. But this is but a singular component.

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NYU review study suggests potential for gauging health risks of air pollution on individual level

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We detail an illustrative study designed to turn that potential into practice by measuring individuals’ exposures over a prolonged period of time, along with measures of factors that influence health outcomes, including economic, behavioral, biological, familial, and environmental contexts. —Caplin et al. billion a year.

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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

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A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. This is a sponsored article brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. At that point, we realized we needed to collect that data ourselves."

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

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On 4 August 2020, a tropical storm knocked out power in many parts of New York City as well as neighboring counties and states. There are technical reasons that contributed to faster repairs in Manhattan, but in general the neighborhoods that waited the longest to have their power restored tended to be poorer and less white.