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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. -
The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer.
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National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages.
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Ford Motor Co. this week began shipping its new all-electric E-Transit cargo van from its Kansas City assembly plant in Missouri to customers located across the U.S., the automaker said Tuesday.
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The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a monthly fee for those who use rooftop solar systems. A recent economic analysis indicates the fee would put a huge dent into the state's solar market by 2024.
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The city is partnering with a digital services technology provider to advance online and contactless services related to building applications, documents and even inspections with the planning office.
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Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., is partnering with a number of companies to deploy autonomous technology in its operations. The controlled nature of the environment makes it ideal to test this tech.
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Ford Motor Co.'s vision for the campus it's anchoring around the former Michigan Central Depot continues to take shape, with tech giant Google announcing it has signed on to be part of the developing mobility district.
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Top officials from the U.S. departments of Energy and Transportation outlined some of the strategy behind deploying 500,000 public charging ports for electric vehicles at the National EV Charging Summit last month.
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As the federal government tries to force automakers to make EVs over the next decade, that truck strategy is diverging even further as a divide has opened between offering hybrids and battery-powered EVs.
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Under Michigan Rep. Brenda Lawrence’s bill, a $50 million program in the Department of Transportation would distribute grants of up to $5 million for static or dynamic electric vehicle charging projects.
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Across the country, legislatures in blue and red states are considering bills to bolster charging infrastructure, expand consumer incentives, electrify state fleets or mandate charging stations in new buildings.
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The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority observed another decline in fixed-route bus ridership in 2021. To survive the future, the agency may have to rethink how it utilizes resources and meets customer demand.
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Three newly announced funding initiatives will help establish affordable, reliable and sustainable energy systems for communities in the state that are most sensitive to power disruptions.
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The Curb Data Specification was developed among dozens of leaders from tech, transit, transportation, delivery and other areas to establish a set of common specifications to guide deployment and operation of digital curb management systems.
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More than $12 million has been added to the state’s Drive Clean Rebate program to help consumers save up to $2,000 on the purchase of an EV and $2.7 million has been awarded to local government efforts to embrace EVs.
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After years of running on diesel, four electric buses hit the streets last week, an effort from the city to continue making progress in line with its Climate Action Plan and goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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States are grappling with how they will continue to collect money for building and repairing roads once Americans stop going to the gas pump. Kansas is weighing its options carefully.
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Michigan and its northern neighbors will partner on a feasibility study to establish an air delivery corridor and use cases for drones, as the region sets itself apart for transportation innovation and job creation.
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The driverless car company — which is owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc. — operates an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, and the question in the suit is whether public safety-related data can be a trade secret.
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New Jersey's smallest toll highway, the Atlantic City Expressway, will be the first to embrace an all-electronic toll collection system. A recent study indicates that cashless tolls are safer than cash tolls.
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