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California Energy Commission awards Sierra Northern Railway team nearly $4M to demonstrate hydrogen switching locomotive; H2RAM

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The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative. —Ted Barnes, Director of R&D at GTI.

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Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

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Also, seven regional electric utility partners are joining Ford and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to conduct real-world tests on an expanding fleet of Ford Escape PHEVs. Ford formed its first utility partnership with Southern California Edison in 2007. Earlier post.).

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2023 was a tremendous year for both EVs and Plug In America!

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We conducted our third annual EV Driver Survey and, through a partnership with EPRI, started conducting quarterly surveys and mini-surveys to dive deeper into specific topics. State Policy 2023 provided cause for celebration in California for advocates of clean air, EVs, and environmental justice.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof. If you are interested in this program, please contact the Electric Transportation Department at EPRI.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Porifera Inc will lead a team including the University of California and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that will integrate carbon nanotubes with polymer membranes to increase the flux of CO 2 capture membranes by up to 100x. Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. DOE grant: $2,250,487). DOE grant: $4,373,488).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Toyota Open Road Blog ) 7/25/07 Toyota Motor Corp.

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