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U. of Iowa researchers find smoke impacts on severity of tornados

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University of Iowa researchers have found that smoke resulting from spring agricultural land-clearing fires in Central America and transported across the Gulf of Mexico intensified tornado conditions already in process in the United States. —Pablo Saide.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Center introduces 9 new research projects exploring the safety needs of an evolving mobility ecosystem

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The new research projects, announced during a virtual CSRC media event showcasing safer mobility, will examine the diversity of safety needs and analyze safe mobility options that accommodate a variety of applications, physical characteristics and levels of accessibility for people and society.

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E15 now available in North Dakota

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The others are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. During the event, Dalrymple encouraged other commercial fuel providers throughout North Dakota to make room at their pump stations for E15. E15 blended gasoline is now available in four of North Dakota’s larger cities.

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U-M Solar Car Team wins a fourth consecutive American Solar Challenge, sets record

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Final time for the 1,650-mile (2,655 km) competition was 44:36:21—10 hours and 18 minutes ahead of second-place Iowa State. This is the seventh North American title for the U-M team, which won the inaugural event in 1990 with its first car, the Sunrunner. More than 100 students created Quantum.

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Tesla wins as Texas calls for state-backed charging stations to incorporate its plug

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Others states like California, Iowa and Michigan are reviewing the moving charging marketplace. And a minimum of one alternative climate is thinking about giving candidates bonus issues on packages in the event that they come with the Tesla charging ports. Because the Ford and GM bulletins, lead U.S. Tesla stocks rose 1.2

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Nissan says it will have first commercially-viable autonomous drive vehicles by 2020; across the range in 2 vehicle generations

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Nissan is demonstrating the breadth of the capability of its autonomous drive technology for the first time at Nissan 360, a test drive and stakeholder interaction event being held in Southern California. —CEO Carlos Ghosn. The full list of institutions currently involved with Nissan’s AD effort is: AIST?National

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The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Annual Program Review: The Driving Force Behind Autonomous Vehicles

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Professionals representing each of the three aforementioned domains (academia, government, industry) comprised the event’s nearly 300 attendees. 2 ] The University of Michigan, The University of Iowa, Wayne State University, Clemson University, Oakland University, and Virginia Tech. [ Automotive Research Center.” 9 ] Tummescheit, H.

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