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Local business tries to bring awareness to electric vehicles
WDBJ7 ReporterIf electric cars are the future, one Roanoke company doesn't want to get lost in the past. Williams Supply hosted city leaders and other groups to promote charging stations for electric vehicles today. Currently, there are two stations in Roanoke....Tags: General Electric Company, Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Virginia Tech students show off skills at the STEM Expo
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThe Virginia Tech Roanoke Center is sponsoring a 2013 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Expo at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The STEM Expo is scheduled for Thursday, March 7th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm located at 303...Tags: Science, Technology, Engineering, Virginia Tech, Arts and Culture
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"Going green," could now cost you some "green"
ReporterOver the last several years, they've been popping up wherever you go -whether it's a Prius, Camry or Escape, hybrid often means a way to save money. "A lot of people just assume that it's to save gas and you're right, but people buy these cars 'cause...Tags: Government, Toyota, Prius, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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UPDATE: Virginia House of Delegates passes transportation bill; Senate to vote Saturday
WDBJ7 ReporterThe State Senate adjourned Friday afternoon, leaving the vote on a transportation compromise until Saturday, the final day of the General Assembly session. Earlier, members of the House of Delegates approved the legislation, the first major infusion...Tags: Government, Republican Party, Scott County, Philosophy, Vehicles
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Landmark highway funding reform faces Friday vote
A decisive vote is hours away in Virginia's General Assembly on what would become the first major reform in a generation of the state's system for financing its network of highways. The House and Senate will vote on a compromise bill that would...
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UPDATE: Negotiators reportedly reach deal on Virginia transportation bill
Virginia House, Senate negotiators reach historic transportation reform deal, full vote this week. ======================== Legislative negotiators are closer to a transportation funding reform compromise that could get full House and Senate votes...
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Hybrid car owners protest Governor's transportation plan
ReporterOwners of hybrid cars drove around Capitol Square honking their horns Thursday afternoon. Other supporters carried signs and chanted, "No hybrid tax." They were protesting proposed legislation, including an element of the Governor's transportation plan...Tags: Government, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Regional Authority, Alternative Energy, Executive Branch
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Blacksburg man builds all electric truck in spare time
WDBJ7 ReporterWith regular gasoline prices hovering around 3 dollars and 54 cents per gallon, most of us would be happy finding some way to cut that cost. Brett Jackson, a man who looks more like Chris Kringle than he does an electric truck kind of guy, decided...Tags: Pickup Trucks, Petroleum Industry, Hybrid Vehicles
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Local students learn the value of a dollar
Anchor/ReporterJackson Middle School 8th graders got a "reality check" Tuesday, learning the good old dollar doesn't last very long. The Roanoke students had to grow up quickly because in a program called Reality Check, they were adults for the day with real life...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles
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