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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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Metz and Janelle London finds that state vehicle electrification mandates can withstand legal challenges based on federal preemption if they are based solely on reasons for transitioning to electric vehicles that are within the state's authority. The article points to the 2019 Supreme Court case of Virginia Uranium v.

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EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

Electrek

West Virginia’s electric car drivers made a film about why they chose to embrace electric. The Welsh capital of Cardiff is getting 36 e-buses – the largest order outside of London to date. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years.

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Hertz participating in Plugless Power’s pilot program for wireless EV charging

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The Plugless Power system is supplied by Evatran based in Virginia. and San Francisco); the UK (available in London); and China (available in Shanghai). Installation at Hertz’s corporate headquarters will be completed in February 2012.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

Cars That Think

CHI 2023 ] This video captures a series of experiments carried out at West Virginia University on how to rescue a stuck planetary rover with another rover. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Boston Dynamics ] What can robots actually do.today?

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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Nuclear-powered submarines, such as the Virginia - class fast-attack submarine, each cost roughly US $2.8 Sylvia Mishra , a new-tech nuclear officer at the European Leadership Network, a London-based think tank, says she is “more concerned about the overall problem of ambiguity under the sea.” billion , according to the U.S.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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When the ethanol industry’s production of feed co-products are factored in, the net use of global cropland for US ethanol production was 0.6%, or an area roughly the size of the state of West Virginia. SCOPE is holding its 13 th General Assembly meeting 9-12 June in London, hosted by the Royal Society along with the UK Committee of SCOPE.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. I drove that $84,940 CT5-V at the Virginia International Raceway for hour after hour on a scorching summer day, where its all-day stamina and capability were thrown into stark relief.

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