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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Green Car Congress

The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. College Township: A $3,739 rebate to purchase and install two Level 2 EV chargers at the municipal building. Philadelphia County. A $32,500 rebate to replace an older diesel commercial shuttle bus with a new diesel commercial shuttle bus.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

Cars That Think

While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems. The OCCHC builds apartments and homes in low-income neighborhoods. He was part of a team there developing missile and rocket systems, including the Atlas missile, which was used in Friendship 7. National Park System.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

Cars That Think

On 26 January 1926, select members of the Royal Institution gathered at Baird’s lab in London’s Soho neighborhood to witness the broadcast of a small but clearly defined image of a ventriloquist dummy’s face, sent from the televisor’s electromechanical transmitter to its receiver. But Baird earned his spot in history with the televisor.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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He was largely responsible for moving the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1978 from Philadelphia to San Francisco. In the six years he worked in the position, he established a team to better manage external relations and completed fundraising for the engineering department’s Soda Hall , a classroom building.

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How Bucks County, Pa., Became a Celebrity Hot Spot

Baua Electric

Located between Philadelphia and Manhattan, New Hope has long been a haven for wealthy part-time residents. But in past decades the weekenders tended to be lawyers and executives from Philadelphia, not supermodels, Hollywood actors and pop stars. Suddenly, New Hope and the quaint neighboring towns were becoming a celebrity enclave.

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Bucks County, Pa., Is Now a Celebrity Hot Spot

Baua Electric

Located between Philadelphia and Manhattan, New Hope has long been a haven for wealthy part-time residents. But in past decades the weekenders tended to be lawyers and executives from Philadelphia, not supermodels, Hollywood actors and pop stars. Suddenly, New Hope and the quaint neighboring towns were becoming a celebrity enclave.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. Such services can increase utilization since members can use one-way car sharing for shorter, spur of the moment trips. In the U.S.

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