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Of the 20 dealers in the region, 12 will be located in Washington and eight in Oregon. The 2016 Soul EV is Kia’s first all-electric car to be sold in the US. The Soul EV earned an EPA-estimated range rating of 93 miles (150 km) when the 27 kWh, 360 V, 192-cell lithium-ion polymer battery is fully charged.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage.

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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from Washington State University (WSU) and Nissan has integrated a catalyst layer into into metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell (MS-SOFC), enabling successful operation with a direct ethanol feed. A paper on their work appears in the Journal of Power Sources. —Dewa et. Earlier post.) earlier post , earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada predicted in remarks before the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Today I wish to call on the industry to sell 5 million hybrids in the US by the end of 2016. Perhaps 15 years from now, we can meet again here in Washington and we will know exactly which system has prevailed.

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Oregon and Washington will be the next two states to. The electric tall wagon went on sale in the Golden State late last year, and an unexpectedly positive response led Kia to accelerate its plans to sell the plug-in vehicle in other states.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology will be installed at the following bp sites: Cherry Point refinery in Blaine, Washington; Rotterdam II refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands; Lingen refinery in Lower Saxony, Germany; Castellón de la Plana refinery in Castellón, Spain; and Kwinana Oil refinery in Kwinana, Australia.

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APRIL 17, 2019

million grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s 2016 Low and No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle Deployment Program. TriMet partnered with Portland General Electric (PGE) to purchase, own, and maintain six ABB chargers and the related infrastructure. The program was funded in part with a $3.4-million

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Announced in 2016, the Battery500 consortium , led by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), is working to to develop next-generation Li-metal anode cells delivering up to 500 Wh/kg. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 10, 2020

In Washington, D.C., New York City has used these methods at more than 300 intersections since 2016. 2020) “ The effects of left-turn traffic-calming treatments on conflicts and speeds in Washington, DC ”. To combat the problem, some cities have begun installing left-turn traffic-calming measures at their intersections.

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JULY 1, 2018

A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. —Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University. million new diabetes cases globally in 2016—about 14% of all new diabetes cases globally that year. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5

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JULY 27, 2016

The 2016 LoNo grant winners will use their funds, a total of $22.8 Everett Transit (Washington), four 40' Catalyst XR buses. Pierce Transit (Washington), two 40' Catalyst FC buses. million, to purchase 35 Catalyst buses, bringing Proterra’s total number of firm orders to 287 vehicles from 38 cities across the United States.

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JULY 9, 2015

Today, Tesla appears to start charging for charging in China, researchers advocate self-driving cars as a way to cut emissions, and the 2016 Kia Soul EV goes on sale in Oregon and Washington. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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JULY 11, 2016

Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to a second phase, from 2016 through 2017. This phase of the program will make significant use of a newly-opened hydrogen refueling station in the Washington DC region. Michigan and Denver.

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MARCH 11, 2016

received a new order from electric bus maker Proterra for PowerPhase HD electric drive systems to be completed and shipped before the end of 2016. Proterra has more than 60 buses on the road today in Texas, California, Massachusetts, Nevada, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and Washington. UQM Technologies Inc.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Gevo’s ATJ has been used to power commercial flights since 2016. In June 2016, the first two commercial flights using Gevo’s renewable alcohol to jet fuel (ATJ) took place. Alaska Airlines used Gevo’s ATJ to fly from Seattle to San Francisco International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, respectively.

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MAY 8, 2021

Over the last decade, Lion has delivered more than 390 all-electric heavy-duty vehicles in North America with more than 7 million miles driven since 2016.

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JULY 11, 2016

Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles by the fall, Express Drive’s California members will have access to vehicles from the largest electric vehicle fleet in ridesharing, including the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the extended-range electric 2016 Chevrolet Volt. and Baltimore.

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MAY 1, 2018

California, along with 16 other states and the District of Columbia, have formally launched a long-anticipated lawsuit against EPA over its proposed rollback of emissions rules for 2022 through 2025, according to a new report in the Washington Post.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

car2go will continue to operate as normal in both locations until 31 December 2016, at which time all vehicles will be taken out of service and will no longer appear in the car2go app. Those locations include: New York City, Portland, Columbus, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Washington DC, Calgary, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver.

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MARCH 8, 2016

The Nestlé Waters North America propane trucks are used to deliver product to its customers across the country including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Deployments in 2016 will include New York City, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Milwaukee and Fort Lauderdale.

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APRIL 18, 2018

Seven billion people, more than 95% of the world’s population, lived in areas exceeding the WHO Guideline for healthy air in 2016, according to a new global study. Comparison of 2016 annual average PM 2.5 Population-weighted seasonal average ozone concentrations in 2016. In 2016 a total of 2.5 State of Global Air 2018.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In 2016, Audi, in collaboration with Traffic Technology Services (TTS), launched Traffic Light Information, an Audi connect PRIME feature that enables the car to communicate with the infrastructure in certain cities and metropolitan areas across the US. San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Phoenix, Portland, Ore.; and northern Virginia.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Washington State has enacted new fees that will become effective 1 July 2016. Commercial and noncommercial plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) have different fees in Georgia. Idaho is the only state that has a fee for conventional hybrid electric vehicles (without a plug).

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MARCH 17, 2016

Ford recorded 115,228 SUV US sales at retail through the first two months of 2016, making for the best-yet calendar year start for Ford SUVs (Escape, Edge, Flex, Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility, Expedition) ever, highlighted by a best-ever February. Sales of Ford’s utilities for January and February 2016 were up 16.1%

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JUNE 30, 2016

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales in the US and Canada in 2016 will near 200,000 unit sales, growing by around 62% year-over-year. Since the PEV market launched in 2011, sales have been concentrated on the US West Coast, with PEV market share in California expected to exceed 5% in 2016.

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MARCH 4, 2017

Since launching in October 2016, Maven City car sharing in Los Angeles has experienced an average monthly member growth of 56%. Maven City car sharing in San Francisco has grown on average by 31% monthly since launching in September 2016. In 13 months, Maven has launched three products and has grown to 17 cities in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Washington State University. The finalist selection is expected to be announced in December 2015 followed by system construction, installation, testing and evaluation, resulting in the announcement of the winner of the $1-million prize at the end of 2016. Millennium Reign Energy. Simple.Fuel.

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MARCH 30, 2016

King County Metro Transit (KCM) in Washington state has completed an accelerated durability and reliability test of the Proterra Catalyst 40' FC (fast charge) battery-electric bus. From mid-October to the end of January 2016, the bus achieved 98% uptime. Total estimated cost of maintenance for this test, incl. mile, compared to $0.90/mile

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Wireless charging company Momentum Dynamics ( earlier post ) says it will deliver 200kW wireless (inductive) charging systems in 2016 for the municipal bus market. Daga said the company is planning to deliver two wireless charging systems to municipal agencies this year in Maryland and Washington state.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

FCA previously delivered 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans, adapted for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016 and an additional 500 in 2017. including Atlanta, San Francisco, Metro Detroit, Phoenix and Kirkland, Washington. Earlier post.) Waymo has officially tested its technology in 25 cities across the US.,

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California conducted a similar review in 2016 for vehicle standards through the 2025 model year and found the standards achievable, cost-effective and appropriate. Canada is currently completing a mid-term review of its light duty vehicle regulations.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Maven Gig first launched in November 2016 to provide vehicles for rideshare drivers in San Francisco and has since expanded the offering for package, grocery and food delivery drivers. Vehicle reservations are now available in Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

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JUNE 24, 2014

In his presentation on the project at the DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, Sean Gleason from GM noted that General Motors has not made prototype power electronics in an internal production facility since 1999. The project, which began in October 2011, will wrap in January 2016.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The company is currently constructing a plant dedicated for manufacturing the main wings using carbon fiber composite material within the premises of its Everett, Washington plant. the new facilities are expected to start operation in January 2016. the new facilities are expected to start operation in January 2016.

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The sixth round of Alternative Fuel Corridors resulted in adding more new miles of corridors than any other round since the program’s initiation in 2016. Alternative Fuel Corridor designations are now found in all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. Impacts and Benefits to Existing Fuel Retailers.

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JULY 25, 2017

The San Jose area had the highest share at 10%, followed by other California areas (4% to 6%) and markets in Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington (2% to 4%). Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area. New vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive.) Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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