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Kenworth T680 fuel cell tractor on display at CES

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TTSI) at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. With a dual-rotor traction motor output of 565 horsepower, the truck is capable of carrying the legal gross combination weight of a Class 8 vehicle. Project oversight is provided by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE).

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

Cars That Think

As an attorney, I represented a microwave-industry group in the ensuing legal dispute.). This radio tower, located near downtown Los Angeles, is bedecked with 6-GHz fixed-microwave antennas that serve area police and fire departments. Usually, though, opposing parties’ technical analyses give different results.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

These legal ambiguities are the latest impediment – alongside technical challenges and sagging commodity prices – to America’s plans to produce more of its own lithium and wean the country off foreign supplies, according to interviews with regulators from seven U.S.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sure beats Detroit, same old, same old gas buggy, and anothe Purple PLUM, whoops PUMA, two wheel, or is 4wheel, kiddy car. by homercles82 April 7, 2009 11:23 AM PDT Yes we will just be charging these cars using electricity that is made from naturla gas and coal fired palnts while we ignore nuclear unlike most of Europe.

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Electric cars back on track?

Plugs and Cars

The NY Times headlined "As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars." Every single element of our environment is negative," said Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who also heads the automaker's French partner Renault. Tesla had a red carpet grand opening for its first showroom and service center in Los Angeles. GM lost $3.25