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NREL study focuses on growing use and impacts of ride-hailing services at airports

Green Car Congress

In a new study, NREL researchers focused on the key observability aspects of new modes and the rate of shifts in mobility patterns across airports in the regions of San Francisco, Portland, Denver, and Kansas City—all US DOT Smart City Challenge finalists.

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Kansas serenaded Panasonic $4B battery factory with an original written song.

Teslarati

The song was written and recorded specifically for recruiting Panasonic to Kansas and, during negotiations, shared with the battery maker. During the groundbreaking ceremony last week, Panasonic CEO Megan Myungwon Lee said the song’s reference to the Seven Principles “really hit home with us.”

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Ford to expand 3-Wet Paint capacity by 50% globally in 2013

Green Car Congress

High-solids solvent-borne technology refers to a paint formulated to minimize solvents, resulting in a concentrated pigment and resin mixture with fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released. Kansas City Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Mo. Jiangling Motors Co. Jiangxi/Nanchang, China. Valencia Assembly Plant, Valencia, Spain.

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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

Cars That Think

Cass approached me with this question because I work at the Linda Hall Library (LHL), an independent research library in Kansas City, Missouri that collects materials related to science, technology, engineering, and their histories. Or maybe an unscrupulous engineer had absconded with the disc after the issue arrived in Kansas City.