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Weekly-ish News - Episode 22 (July 12, 2021)
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Electric Vehicles:
Rivian patented a new maneuver enabled by their four-motor design.
Atlanta will purchase 10 new electric transit buses!
Virginia has updated its "Virginia 511" app and website to show electric vehicle charging stations.
- The site shows traffic data and all sorts of great data for motorists, and now it supports EV charging locations.
- The website itself.
Energy:
Maine no longer allows offshore wind developments within state waters (so within 3mi of the coast).
- This was done to appease the local lobster fishers who were concerned that offshore wind would reduce available fishing waters and reduce their yields.
- **I need to learn about how much harder it is to do offshore wind more than 3mi off the coast**
Policy:
- Companies of note:
- 3M
- Apple
- eBay
- Exelon
- Etsy
- GM
- HP Inc.
- Logitech
- Paypal
- Salesforce
- Tesla
- Unilever
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Manage episode 334484334 series 3371884
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Electric Vehicles:
Rivian patented a new maneuver enabled by their four-motor design.
Atlanta will purchase 10 new electric transit buses!
Virginia has updated its "Virginia 511" app and website to show electric vehicle charging stations.
- The site shows traffic data and all sorts of great data for motorists, and now it supports EV charging locations.
- The website itself.
Energy:
Maine no longer allows offshore wind developments within state waters (so within 3mi of the coast).
- This was done to appease the local lobster fishers who were concerned that offshore wind would reduce available fishing waters and reduce their yields.
- **I need to learn about how much harder it is to do offshore wind more than 3mi off the coast**
Policy:
- Companies of note:
- 3M
- Apple
- eBay
- Exelon
- Etsy
- GM
- HP Inc.
- Logitech
- Paypal
- Salesforce
- Tesla
- Unilever
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