that is a huge race. third thing is, you re getting down to one run that s going to determine the fate of a season for either robert hight or cruz pedregon. you throw those things together, passions flare, i can tell you, what all it s doing is seth up for what i think is going to be a great yountdown to the 2009 a great yountdown to the 2009 full throttle championship. captioning provided by espn, inc. the nhra full throttle drag racing series, we re on the air again this time the carolinas nationals from zmax dragway in charlotte. the fans are still into it. they have the towels out and almost forgotten is ashley force hood, who took the wally, funny
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structures. those materials could lead to greener buildings, bridges and roads. over the next two years researchers here will keep working thanks to $315,000 of your stimulus money. nc state is hoping for a big pay day from stimulus cash. a 10% to 15% increase. our faculty have applied for 237 grants for 2$219 million. we have 35 grants for around $15 million. about a million of those dollars go to developing batteries for electric cars. the work is happening in this lap and that means more jobs. we will be able to hire additional staff, buy more equipment and that will come from vendors in the local area and across the united states. so yeah, it will create jobs directly and indirectly. it s good timing. state cuts will slash 5% to 10% from the school budget this year. stimulus will offset some of the
grants, for around $15 million. about a million of those dollars go to developing batteries for electric cars. the work is happening in this lab, and that means, more jobs. we will be able to hire additional staff. we ll certainly buy more equipment and that will come from vendors in the local area, as well as across the united states. so, yeah, it will create jobs, both directly and indirectly. it s good timing. state cuts will slash 5% to 10% from the school s budget this year. stimulus will offset some of the loss. it will definitely help us retain and bring in more graduate students. and those were positions we were losing. researchers in this department are working on advanced technology for the electrical grid. potentially changing the way we use power in our homes. department leaders have applied for more than $7 million for the project. we re really true believers, a lot of this advanced energy technology and the stimulus is helping us to develop these
i think electrics are here to stay as well. reporter: instead of putting gas in here, you put a plug in here. that s right. reporter: it used to be the gas tank. that used to be the gas tank. reporter: what got you hooked on electric cars? the fact that my kids are going to have to inherit the world we live in, and i wanted to make it a better place for them. and so we needed a change. this is the brains and this is the brawn. reporter: we think porsche, we think expensive. all in, what did you buy the car for and how much money did you put into it? i paid $2,500 for the car. i put less than $10,000 into the project altogether. and reporter: less than $10,000? less than $10,000. reporter: but then there are some pretty impressive new electric cars made be tesla. the pick-up of this thing is amazing.
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