Infrastructure
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy. -
Founded by former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, the North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative (NCB+AI) will work to pass pro-cryptocurrency legislation and support construction of data centers.
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A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy urges regulators and utilities to make the grid operate more efficiently. There are ways, experts said, to absorb part of data centers’ growth.
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The measure to generate $5.2 billion annually would raise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Electric car owners would pay a $100 yearly fee. It also creates a new annual vehicle fee that varies based on the value of the car.
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The ruling judge said tat the public will be well-served by maintaining the status quo while the issues are given careful judicial consideration.
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By distributing some of the burden for autonomous vehicles to connected infrastructure, we could see mobility-enhancing technology improve and come to market more rapidly.
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Body cameras and training are estimated to cost $100,000.
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Major players — Google’s Waymo, Tesla and Uber — are fighting to set the industry standard for consumer-ready autonomous vehicles.
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On March 24, Tempe police cited a driver for making an illegal left turn and hitting one of Uber’s test Volvos while it was in self-driving mode.
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Several state regulators, including the California Public Utilities Commission, offered cautious responses to the study, saying that voluntary reductions of gas usage on high demand days this summer would have to be used “if Aliso Canyon is unavailable for withdraws.”
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Shares of Tesla were up sharply after the electric-vehicle maker reported a record number of deliveries for the first quarter: 25,000 vehicles.
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The concept emerged from the governor's 21st Century Infrastructure Commission.
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Navigant Research compiled a list of 18 companies, determining which leads the pack in terms of building and distributing self-driving vehicles at scale.
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City officials say they plan to post historical parking data on the Web that helps predict the likelihood of an open space in a certain area.
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The Traffic Incident Management Enabled by Large-data Innovations system manages traffic when there is a crash, a stalled vehicle or bad weather.
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Gov. John Kasich vetoed the provision that created a Smart Transportation Action Advisory Team to study the technology and make recommendations on the spending of public funds.
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For self-driving cars to evolve from futuristic possibility to widespread reality, the technology outside the car will be as critical as the technology inside it.
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For starters, sensors must shrink, improve their range and become less expensive, while mobile networks must eliminate transmission delays so vehicles can communicate instantly.
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A proposed contract is expected to go before the city's spending panel by May.
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Among other requirements: It must be at least 18 feet tall, 6 feet deep and strong enough to withstand attacks from tools such as a sledgehammer, car jack or pickax.
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Mayors from the big upstate cities wrote a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressing their support for the ride-hailing apps and outlining why they are needed in their respective cities.
