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Used Car of the Day: 1978 Buick Century Salon

The Truth About Cars

I don't even know, without Googling, where the nearest junkyard is. Check out this West Virginia-based car here. Contrary to what some of you snarky commenters believe, I do not prowl junkyards for UCOTD. That's Murilee's department. Instead I scour our forums. Except it runs. Runs but needs work.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

Green Car Congress

OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. Click to enlarge.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

Green Car Congress

of Virginia; Virginia Tech; U. West Virginia U. LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.; Information Systems Associates; Loman CSI-Consortium/Resource; Makai Ocean engineering; Martin Control Systems; Nila; Nimbis Services; One Cycle Control; Process Systems Enterprise Inc.;

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017. He created three business startups at the age of 21 and worked with Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, US Army, City of San Jose and is now serving as an Executive Management Consultant for American Water.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017. He created three business startups at the age of 21 and worked with Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, US Army, City of San Jose and is now serving as an Executive Management Consultant for American Water.