Electromagnetic inductive charging is common in everyday life — setting a mobile phone on a wireless charger uses similar technology. On roadways, coils embedded in the pavement transfer magnetic energy to a receiver mounted beneath an electric vehicle to wirelessly charge its battery.
Utah Inland Port Authority’s 1st director to step down in latest leadership change
Utah Inland Port Authority President Jack Hedge, who was appointed as the agency’s first executive director in 2019, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from his role and retiring.
RELEASE: Jack Hedge Announces Retirement
Press ReleaseSeptember 7, 2022 Media Contact:Nick WyattNick@Exoro.com Jack Hedge Announces RetirementUIPA’s first full-time Executive Director/CEO guided the agency through start-up. SALT LAKE CITY – Jack Hedge presented his intent to retire in October to the Utah Inland Port Authority Board of Directors at today’s board meeting. Mr. Hedge came to Utah in 2019 from the Port of Los Angeles where …
Railways deliver solutions for Utah problems
Utah’s railways are one of the critical solutions to future economic growth (transportation of goods) and a better way of life (less cargo on highways and roads).
Opinion: The inland port is poised to help Utah grow smarter
Utah will continue to grow with or without our ‘permission.’ The question is — how will it grow? Why not be smarter, more strategic, and more deliberate about it?
Utah Inland Port Authority Hires Environmental Engineer Simona Smith
SALT LAKE CITY – Mona Smith has joined the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) as an environmental engineer to support the port’s environmental compliance program. She will help implement the implementation of sustainable practices that reduce risk and positively impact the quality of life for Utahns. “As a steward of the environment and now an addition to the UIPA’s team, I’m …
Commentary: A high-tech, sustainable, Utah Inland Port Authority system can help alleviate pressure on global supply chain
The opportunity and vision for Utah’s Inland Port was always big. But with container ships piling up at the West Coast ports, and the global supply chain backed up and seriously stressed, the current work of Utah’s Port Authority system at the “crossroads of the west” is even more urgent…
Will Utah become ‘epicenter’ of research to electrify transportation?
In another step to advance the research of sustainable electrified vehicles, Utah State University is asking state higher education officials to authorize the university to issue up to $9.2 million in revenue bonds to update and expand its Electric Vehicle and Roadway building…