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Gas Cars Parked In One Electric-Car Spot Earn Raleigh $27,000 A Year

Green Car Reports

It''s known as "ICE-ing," referring to cars with internal combustion engines parking where they shouldn''t. But the problem has proved to be lucrative for Raleigh, North Carolina. The problem of gasoline cars parking in spaces reserved for plug-in electric cars to recharge at is nothing new. DON''T MISS: Been ICEd?

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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Land Rover Discovery

The Truth About Cars

It's a 2004 Land Rover Discovery with a brand-new engine. There are just 3,000 miles on the engine, which is a 4.6-liter. The ask is $25,000 and this Land Rover is for sale in Raleigh. The trim is an SE and the transmission is an automatic. Our seller isn't very verbose, but he or she does mention a snorkel and no rust.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

Cars That Think

People have expected great things from Alice Parker , who was raised in a family of distinguished scientists and engineers. And Parker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern California has delivered. It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki.

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Ineos builds first Grenadiers for US marketplace

Baua Electric

Ineos may also quickly announce its first staff of North American sellers, a part of a deliberate retail and repair community to be overseen from a North American headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Grenadier is being presented for the U.S. The one to be had powertrain is a three.0-liter 0-liter turbo-6 sourced from BMW.

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

Green Car Congress

High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Raleigh, N.C. Deploying Intra-hour Uncertainty Analysis Tools to ABB's GridView, $500,000 ABB Power Consulting, Raleigh, N.C. Development of low-cost magnetocaloric materials, $150,000 General Engineering and Research, L.L.C.,

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

To help find ways to address it through technology, EPICS in IEEE , in partnership with the United Engineering Foundation , launched the Environmental Competition last year. universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

Green Car Congress

North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina). In addition to GM, other sponsors include Natural Resources Canada, MathWorks, California Air Resources Board, Clean Cities, dSPACE, A123 Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, AVL Powertrain Engineering, Snap-On Tools, Robert Bosch, Siemens PLM, CD-Adapco, and Vector CANtech.