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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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DeWitt downsized his operations after an economic recession hit the United States in 1975. While enlisted, he worked on radio electronics for radar vans at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground , in Maryland. He briefly worked at Maytag and left the commercial appliance manufacturer to join Iowa Power and Light.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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University of Maryland. Develop and demonstrate technologies to enable a downsized, boosted, lean, low temperature gasoline combustion engine system that improves fuel economy while meeting emissions requirements. Development of Advanced Battery Material Characterization Techniques (Area of Interest 7). General Motors. 1,400,260.

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai will initially offer the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid in the ZEV states—California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—in 2015. Drivers are first alerted of a vehicle in the blind spot by warning lights in the side mirrors. Earlier post.).

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