article thumbnail

Manheim Pennsylvania Raises Funds for Young People with Disabilities

Green Fleet Magazine

The charity events included more than 2,000 classic, specialty, and exotic vehicles that raised $86,000 to provide recreational opportunities.

article thumbnail

Ford F-150 Lightning powers the first-ever EV recharged electric plane flight

Electrek

Remy Oktay, a student at Lafayette College, is planning the first electric plane flyover at a sporting event at the Lafayette-Lehigh football game on November 19, 2022. The electric plane is based in Hartford, Connecticut, and needs to get to Easton, Pennsylvania.

F-150 145
article thumbnail

New US DOT automated vehicle initiative to improve safety, testing, and public engagement

Green Car Congress

The States are California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. The AV TEST Initiative will include a series of public events across the country to improve transparency and safety in the development and testing of automated driving systems.

Utah 207
article thumbnail

Mack Trucks delivers Mack LR Electric model to Republic Services to begin real-world trials

Green Car Congress

Mack and Republic made the announcement during a virtual press event at Mack World Headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mack will use key learnings from the trials to further refine the LR Electric as it prepares to accept orders for the truck in Q4 2020, with production beginning in 2021.

article thumbnail

NTSB: Ford BlueCruise engaged in fatal San Antonio, TX crash

Teslarati

The NTSB has noted that it was investigating the Philadelphia crash in collaboration with the Pennsylvania State Police. We are researching the events of March 3 and collaborating fully with both agencies to understand the facts,” Ford noted.

article thumbnail

A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

Cars That Think

The event attracted more than 200 participants. Through the power of storytelling and the strength of IEEE’s mission, the One IEEE event connected participants to each other and to IEEE by showcasing the vibrant engineering community in Jamaica. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event.

Jamaica 66
article thumbnail

Ham Radio Inspired This Scranton University Student to Pursue Engineering

Cars That Think

is pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the University of Scranton , in Pennsylvania. Gerard Piccini Member grade Student member; member of IEEE-HKN’s Lambda Nu chapter University: University of Scranton in Pennsylvania Major: Electrical engineering Minors: Math and physics Grade: Junior Another of his passions is robotics.