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MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet

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The CTL study was conducted using data collected by the international office supplier Staples, as well as ISO New England, the nonprofit firm that runs New England’s electric power grid. Staples currently has 53 all-electric trucks, manufactured by Missouri-based Smith Electric Vehicles, in use in several American cities.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , he also was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the MIT board of trustees. Based in Berlin, the DGS supports the introduction of solar technologies and renewable energy resources into the power grid. in physical chemistry from Princeton.

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