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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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—Janelle London, co-author of the report. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St. It’s more equitable as well as more efficient to give these drivers the biggest incentives to switch to EVs.

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Schlumberger & Weatherford to form JV targeting N America unconventional resource development

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Schlumberger Limited has principal offices in Paris, Houston, London and The Hague, and reported revenues of $27.81 Schlumberger is the world’s leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. billion in 2016.

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14 Major Cities Form C40 Electric Vehicle Network

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Initial members of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network are : Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney.

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Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

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This work will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2023 ) in London next week. Wing ] Pollen Robotics’ team will be going to ICRA 2023 in London! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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TomTom launches Congestion Index based on traffic database; congestion levels in 57 cities in North America and Europe

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Houston, 23%. Based on this analysis, Seattle saw the biggest increase in traffic congestion, while Houston, Ottawa and San Francisco also saw increased levels of congestion. London, 27%. Tampa, 25%. San Francisco, 25%. Washington, 24%. Toronto, 22%. Ottawa, 22%. Marseille, 41%. Brussels, 34%. Paris, 32%. Dublin, 30%.

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BAE Systems reports more than 3,500 HybriDrive series hybrid systems delivered or ordered worldwide

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Buses powered by HybriDrive currently transport nearly two million passengers a day in cities across North America and the UK including Houston, London, Manchester, New York, Ottawa, Oxford, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and others. Atlanta, Ga. and Everett, Wash., and suburban Chicago by the end of 2011.

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Codeveloper of NASA’s Newest Lunar Retroreflector Dies at 78

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David Douglas Stephen Electrical engineer Life member, 100; died 1 March Stephen served in leadership positions at electrical equipment manufacturer British Thomson-Houston , in Rugby, England. In 1984 he was honored with the Freedom of the City , a lifetime achievement award bestowed by London. of Ontario, Canada. He retired in 2020.

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