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Zipcar to expand Zipvan cargo van service across North America

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Zipcar is launching the Zipvan service in Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon today, and will roll out the service to its remaining metro markets in North America over the next 12 months. Car-sharing network Zipcar, Inc. plans to expand the company’s Zipvan cargo van service across North America.

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With only days before initial testing, the Formula E grid is finalized

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The new racecar will finally be on full display as Formula E starts live testing in Valencia, Spain, just three days from now. Not only is Formula E coming to a couple of new locations, including Portland, Oregon, Mexico City, Mexico, and Sao Palo, Brazil, but the race structure has been altered. View this post on Instagram.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Spain is also placing trains (the AVE Series 103 , from Siemens) with a maximum speed of 350 km/h in service on selected corridors. Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC). Northern New England Corridor (Boston, Montreal, Portland, Springfield, New Haven, Albany). Earlier post.)

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Siemens installing Sitras supercap-based stationary energy storage unit for TriMet light right substation

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Siemens is currently installing the first Sitras SES (stationary energy storage) Energy Storage Unit with supercapacitor technology in the US on the new TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Line. mile line extension project that will connect the southeast corridor to downtown Portland, and other regions that TriMet MAX serves.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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Daltorio from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and University of Portland, in Portland, Oregon, USA. Ollero from GRVC Robotics Lab of Seville, Spain. Abstract: Surf zones are challenging for walking robots if they cannot anchor to the substrate, especially at the transition between dry sand and waves.

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