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London electric buses, Car2Go San Diego, Updated NY Auto Show preview: Today's car news

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Today, London takes delivery of five electric double-decker buses, Car2Go pulls electric cars from San Diego, and more new green cars debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Car2Go will replace its San Diego fleet of electric Smart Fortwo city cars with gasoline models, owing to lack of charging.

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Livelier than ever

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The September Fully Charged Live San Diego event, the first such gathering in the U.S. for the London-based company since before the pandemic, was an impressive success, and the Electric Vehicle Association had a big part in that. “We The Aptera 5 outside the San Diego Convention Center.

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Revamping an Art Deco Masterpiece

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This beautifully outfitted room is the newly restored Control Room A at the Battersea Power Station in London. For half a century, the electric power hub controlled the flow of current that met one-fifth of London’s electricity demand. David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Power Station Restoration.

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The ICCT: Nearly half of the world’s EVs are in 25 cities; China leads the way

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Cumulative electric vehicle sales and 2017 sales shares in electric vehicle capital cities.

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ISE Will Display Olympics-Bound Hydrogen Fuel Cell Series Hybrid Bus with Ultracapacitor Energy Storage

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ISE Corp will display for the first time in the United States its Zero-Emission Hybrid Bus technology at the “Connect with CONNECT” event being held in San Diego on 20 May. This ISE hydrogen fuel cell series hybrid bus, one of five that has been built using ISE technology, is slated for operation at the 2012 Olympics in London.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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The founding members of the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group include: Achates Power, San Diego, CA. Shell plc, London, England. Coupled with the fast flame speed of hydrogen combustion, stable and robust combustion can be expected from spark ignition in an OP engine.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego , where she served as chair of the EE department and director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. She has held several leadership positions in the IEEE San Diego Section , including chair, secretary, and treasurer.