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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

Green Car Congress

The company gets its name from the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where the Wright Brothers took flight for the first time in 1903. The company’s portfolio of vehicles includes Cora, a two-person air taxi and Flyer, a vehicle for personalized flight.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

Cars That Think

The award is sponsored by Google. They reinforced the perception that Dresselhaus was a truly amazing person as well as a trailblazer.” You would never, as a junior person, typically have opportunities to meet these people.” An early environmental activist As a teen in the 1960s, Crawford was drawn to the U.S.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs. Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs. Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We PITCH: If you support our goals, you could support CalCars with a tax-deductible donation in any amount by credit card, check, PayPal or Google Checkout. $25

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