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New York City to invest $420M in electric vehicles and infrastructure; all-electric fleet by 2035

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New York City operates nearly 30,000 vehicles, the largest municipal fleet in the country. Add 180 portable mobile electric vehicle chargers and solar carports. Solar carports can fully power vehicles without a connection to the electric grid.

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NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

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The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) will, for the first time, use renewable diesel, a low-emissions, 99% petroleum-free fuel, to power more than 1,000 City government vehicles, including in large vehicles such as sanitation trucks.

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Physics Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer Dies at 95

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Kroemer was professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara , when he died. Kroemer taught electrical engineering at the University of Colorado , Boulder, from 1968 to 1976 before joining UCSB , where he led the university’s semiconductor research program. Vladimir G.

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New Tesla Energy products teased in internal meeting: report

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Just last quarter, Tesla’s solar unit posted its best quarter in four years. Seth Winger, the senior manager of solar products engineering at the EV maker, later teased updated and new Tesla Energy products that are expected to be released later this year. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

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Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. Windmills can harm migrating birds, and solar cells require toxic substances to be manufactured. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

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The company found that BLOOM’s final training emitted 50 tonnes of CO 2 —equivalent to about a dozen flights from New York City to Sydney. Green software engineering is an emerging discipline consisting of best practices to build applications that reduce carbon emissions. What Is Green Software Engineering?

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A Dragon Comes Home

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Now, in the age of advanced technology, an engineer has created his own mechatronic version of the mythical beast. A team at Columbia University, in New York City, has developed a wireless-communication technique for wearable medical devices that sends signals securely through body tissue. Rats are irrepressible.

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