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Apr 18 2024
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Inside the world of flying cars, or eVTOLs, which are moving closer to reality
What if flying around in an electric vehicle is a key part of the way you travel in the future? That's what dozens of companies around the world are betting on. EVTOLs, or electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, popularly known as flying cars or air taxis, are being developed by firms in the U.S. to Europe and Asia. The eVTOL market could be worth $1 trillion by 2040, according to
CNBCApr 19 2024
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Monongahela Incline reopens after 6-week closure
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Monongahela Incline reopened after crews made repairs to the electrical system during a six-week closure, Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced on Friday. The incline closed on March 5 for the third time this year when a pair of resistors failed, causing the brakes to engage when they weren't supposed to, the agency said. After engineers approved a new electrical
CBS News (Online)Oct 27 2023
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Biden administration announces $3.5 billion for projects to strengthen nationwide electric grid stressed by extreme weather
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission systems.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said it was the largest federal investment ever in grid infrastructure, supporting
FortuneJun 28 2023
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Layoffs 2023: Ford Cuts Engineering Jobs As It Focuses On Electric Vehicles
Automobile giant Ford is reducing its workforce, citing the company's Ford+ growth plan that seeks to focus on value creation and capitalizes on the electric vehicle industry. The cuts will reportedly affect engineering roles in the United States and Canada.
International Business TimesApr 25 2024
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Hertz is done gambling with EVs: It took a first-quarter $195 million hit on Teslas that just keep losing value and can’t sell them fast enough
Hertz is hurting. The company was expecting a challenging first quarter, but it got more than it bargained for: It reported a $392 million adjusted net loss on Thursday. Despite increases in rental car demand, Hertz said it’s been bruised by its fleet of electric vehicles—made up primarily of Teslas—that are unreliable and more costly than their gas-guzzling counterparts. The rental car
FortuneApr 25 2024
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US energy giant sounds alarm on Biden's climate rules targeting power plants
Duke Energy, one of the nation's largest energy providers, is warning that the Biden administration's newly finalized power plant regulations will threaten the reliability and affordability of power supplies. The North Carolina-based company — which serves more than eight million residential and commercial customers across several states, mainly in the Southeast — warned that the regulations
Fox News DigitalApr 16 2024
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Ford F-150 Lightnings now shipping after February stop order
Ford Motor Co. says it's shipping 2024 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks, and the vehicles now are available to order online. The Dearborn automaker on Feb. 9 had placed a stop-shipment on the all-electric trucks made at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn because of an undisclosed issue resulting in the company saying it was extending its new quality check process. The
Detroit NewsApr 25 2024
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‘Ready to ball out:’ Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer is a man on a mission
He didn’t see the change as merely cosmetic. For Mayer, whose 2023 campaign started in electric fashion in High A Greenville but fizzled following a promotion to Double A in part because of a mid-May shoulder injury that ended his season in early August, it also reflected an underlying sense of mission. In the middle of spring training, the shortstop agreed to get a buzz cut from fellow top
The Boston GlobeApr 25 2024
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For Kevin Jones ‘everything was geared toward helping other people succeed’
This story by Frances Mize was first published by The Valley News on April 22. SOUTH ROYALTON — Nicole Lepre, a former student at Vermont Law and Graduate School, told her professor Kevin Jones that she was interested in some of the more nuanced policy related to electric vehicles. “Then Kevin was like, ‘Well, why don’t you help me get more EV chargers in the parking lot?’” Lepre said. Lepre
VT DiggerAug 08 2023
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Construction worker dies in Burke after electric shock, fall from roof
A 25-year-old construction worker died Sunday while working on a roof at an apartment complex at 4040 Route 5 in Burke. Vermont State Police said Casey Driver, a resident of Derby, was performing roof work for Vincent’s Carpentry of Derby on the three-story apartment building when he struck a high-tension power line with a metal ladder at about 11:15 a.m., causing an electric shock, and then
VT Digger