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United Airlines and Archer to launch first commercial electric air taxi route in Chicago

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Vertiport Chicago, North America’s largest vertical aircraft take off and landing facility, is located in the Illinois Medical District near the Chicago Loop. The early launch routes will focus in on airport to city center transportation service, which are referred to as “trunk” routes.

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New Buildings in Illinois May Require Charging Stations

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House Bill 3125 (also referred to as “HB3125”) proposes new building construction in the state of Illinois to include physical space for charging stations.

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Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have mixed metal compounds with perchloric acid to create a stable, efficient electrocatalytic material for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media. —Hong Yang, a co-author and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Illinois.

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Fact Check: Did President Biden Help Bring An Auto Plant Back?

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During last week's State of the Union address, President Joe Biden made a claim that seemed to suggest that his administration, along with the UAW, helped Stellantis resurrect a plant in Belvidere, Illinois. Here's what Biden said in the speech, via the Associated Press : The great comeback story is Belvidere, Illinois.

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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. Bardeen brought his box to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when he joined the faculty in 1951. Dallesasse’s mentor at Illinois was Holoynak , whose mentor was Bardeen.

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Tesla Tequila limited edition bottle, glass set sold out lightning fast

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The Tesla Tequila limited edition set references the inside joke at least twice. Tesla does not offer refunds for Tesla Tequila purchases. Ever since Musk’s tweet, 420 has become an inside joke among people in the Tesla community — although many people might know of it by now. First, there’s the price.

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Dealerships on target to promote extra unused cars in 2023

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dealerships, referred to as throughput, is estimated to get up to 842 in 2023, which might be an build up of 83 cars over latter life’s 759, City Science stated. In the meantime, Unutilized York misplaced 5 dealerships and Illinois misplaced 3. The common choice of unused cars bought by means of U.S. million for the life.

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