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Henry Samueli and the Rise of Digital Broadband

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It is a thrilling environment. The other bonus of the university environment is academic freedom. He recalled that Samueli was good at getting corporate research grants and donations. In a competitive environment he can be too nice. They are so energetic and hardworking and motivated to learn, he said. Atlanta, Ga.;

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California Energy Commission approves plans to invest nearly $500M in electricity R&D and alternative fuels

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Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. million grant to the Center for Transportation and the Environment to develop and deploy fuel cell hybrid electric walk-in delivery vans. million grant to the University of California, Davis, to establish a National Center for Sustainable Transportation.

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Portable sensors enable monitoring of pollution on smart phones; inferring pollution maps with greater granularity

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EPA AQI map of the San Diego County region,with a box added to. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a portable pollution sensors that transmit transmit their air quality readings to smart phones, allowing users to monitor air quality in real time. For example, San Diego County has 3.1

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. UQM Technologies, Inc.

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Nikola secures $41.9M grant to fund six heavy-duty hydrogen refueling stations in So Cal

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million grant under the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) to build six heavy-duty hydrogen refueling stations across Southern California. This grant further places a strong emphasis on open-access stations, and Nikola’s hydrogen refueling stations will align with this approach.

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Southern California Governments Rejects Federal Ethanol Funding

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Corn-based ethanol causes more harm than good for the environment because it has to be trucked from farms in the Midwest, said council members of the Southern California Assn. of Governments.

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DOE Award Supports Largest Single Deployment of EVs and Infrastructure Yet; Up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF EVs in 5 Regions

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Lead grant applicant Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, received a $99.8 million, for installation of approximately 2,500 charging stations in each of five markets: Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region.

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