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Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group adding testing center in New Mexico

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Daimler Trucks and Torc started their collaboration in spring 2019. The team in Oregon, will continue focusing on the development of vehicle safety systems, which are critical for delivering the safety standards for self-driving trucks today and in the future.

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SCS Global Services, Electrify America and Verra announce first validation of carbon-offset project for EV chargers

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Electrify America’s achievement (for its direct current (DC) fast chargers) came last month after successful validation and registration of the project’s design under the internationally recognized Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) by third-party verification firm SCS.

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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The Memorandum of Understanding commits both governments to work together on developing their respective regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles, such as those currently in effect in Canada, California and the 13 US states that have adopted California’s standards.

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Tesla to open sales and service center in Providence, Rhode Island

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Tesla’s first store in Rhode Island opened its doors in July 2019. The Superchargers in the state would soon benefit not just Teslas, considering the adoption of the North American Charging Standard (NACS) by other automakers. Watch a news segment about the upcoming Providence Tesla hub in the video below.

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Daimler, Navistar, Volvo ally for heavy-duty truck charging

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The first, a joint developed of utility Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America called Electric Island , opened in 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S.

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Tesla Insurance expands to Nevada, now covers nine U.S. states

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Nevada joins Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia as states that utilize Tesla Insurance, which bases rates on real-time driving behavior in all regions except for California due to Statewide restrictions. It marks the ninth U.S.

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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The treated water streams can achieve the most stringent effluent water quality standards in the United States with a new cost-efficient, energy-positive model. Oregon State University, Freshwater Recovery System for Hydraulic Fracturing (FRESH-Frac) Using a Thermally-Actuated Nozzle-Demister – $2,972,000.

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