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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

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In the “Curve Ahead: The Future of Fleet Electrification” report, industry leaders identify the main motivations and barriers to electrification, as well as strategies to move the commercial electric vehicle market from niche to mainstream.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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For the past few years, our company has actually been warning that that freedom of mobility is now actually being threatened particularly in light of four megatrends that are affecting the future of transportation. —Mark Fields. Those four megatrends are: Urbanization and exploding urban populations. It runs through November.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif., Alamouti first noticed the potential for the spread of disinformation on the Internet in 2010, when he began working as group R&D director for Vodafone in London. He then joined Vodafone as its group R&D director in London.

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Can the Artemis Moon Mission Revive the Glamour of Big Tech?

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They rained down on Paris, London, and other cities, killing 9,000 people , mostly civilians. He planned to fly over the Bay Bridge, the double suspension bridge that today spans the bay and links San Francisco with Oakland. Captain Edwin Musick powered the " China Clipper " northward in the bay and up over the waves.

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

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That Climate Assessment calls for people to act boldly and immediately by responding to impacts already hitting us and by mitigating future catastrophic impacts in order “ to avoid substantial damages to the U.S. That’s exactly what the California cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward, Richmond, and Santa Cruz have done.

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