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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

Cars That Think

The organization has taught more than 1,000 elementary, middle, and high school students across 38 cities in Montana and three of the state’s Native American reservations. Computer science is not a K–12 requirement in Montana,” Smith says. He asked the class to create an app to help the Police Department manage its vehicle fleet.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

As coal plants close, they leave behind empty building shells and scores of lost jobs. Plant operators might save on costs, with transmission lines, cooling towers, office buildings, and roads already in place. Large reactors need consistent and prolific water sources to cool themselves, something not every old coal plant can provide.

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Driving Dystopia: BMW Sneaks Subscription Services Back Into Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

While just about every brand was testing the waters of subscription-based features, German nameplates were the most aggressive and therefore caught the most backlash. BMW has decided that it’s more cost effective to build cars with more features installed and then try to bill customers that want to unlock them.

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Rivian is offering attractive R1T, R1S lease deals starting as low as $559 per month

Baua Electric

Rivian sweetens EV lease deals on R1T and R1S models Rivian doesn’t just build EVs. The R1T, Rivian’s all-electric truck, is built to tackle whatever you call a road with the ability to drive through 3+ feet of water, rock crawl a 100% grade, and tow up to 11,000 lbs.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

Blink Charging

The electric car market is experiencing massive growth, exceeding 10 million in sales in 2022. Just as conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars measure fuel by the gallon, EV owners measure their energy consumption in kWh. Although much cheaper than putting gasoline into a ICE car, charging an EV is not necessarily free.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

Green Car Congress

The FEIS is an environmental and safety analysis of the proposed project, developed to inform the decision, not a decision itself on TransCanada’s permit application to build a 1,700-mile pipeline from the oil sands in Canada to the Gulf Coast. Oil sands comprise clay, sand, water, and bitumen.

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Tips for Optimizing an EV Road Trip

Clean Fleet Report

This means that, unless you’re planning a road trip across rural Montana, you should always be able to find a charging station before you run low on power. This same issue impacts combustion engine motors, too, as gas-powered cars also become less efficient over time. Many modern EVs come with optional in-car internet.

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