article thumbnail

Albuquerque Faces Opposition To EV Charging Requirement For Developers

CleanTechnica EVs

Charging companies would rather build stations along busy interstate highways, because the chances of a profit […] That’s the challenge I’ve seen as I’ve pushed for more EV charging in rural New Mexico. Businesses want a charging company to pay for the station.

article thumbnail

Emerson and BayoTech partner to scale production and distribution of low-cost, modular SMRs for hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

Emerson will deliver advanced automation technologies, software and products to enable BayoTech to build hundreds of hydrogen units. BayoTech’s modular SMRs produce up to 1,000 kilograms per day, enough to fill as many as 200 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Low Cost 406
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Now, the Autonomous Technology Group will extend its testing to New Mexico by building up a new testing center in Albuquerque. September 2020 marks one year of Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics partnering as a team after the US based automated driving technology company became part of Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group.

article thumbnail

BYD unveils first 45' battery-electric commuter coach bus

Green Car Congress

This expansion will allow the company to build up to 1,500 battery-electric buses annually once operating at full capacity. In response to high demand across North America for its advanced technology buses, BYD recently completed an expansion of its Coach and Bus manufacturing facility in the City of Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California.

BYD 170
article thumbnail

Daimler Trucks and Torc partner with Luminar to enable automated trucking; Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar

Green Car Congress

The Autonomous Technology Group is currently extending its testing to New Mexico by building up a new testing center in Albuquerque. Expanding to a new location will support testing and provide data for more use cases of next generation vehicles on public roads starting 2020.

Gore 250
article thumbnail

DOE launches wave energy competition

Green Car Congress

Receive seed funding to build a 1/20th scale model WEC device for testing. The judging panel will include technical experts from: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado; Naval Surface Warfare Center—Carderock Division, Bethesda, Maryland; and Ricardo, Inc.,

Energy 150
article thumbnail

DOE To Award $104.7M to Establish Research and Testing Facilities for Carbon Fiber Manufacturing, Advanced Batteries, and Net-Zero Energy Building Technology

Green Car Congress

Specifically, the funding will go toward reducing the production cost of carbon fiber manufacturing, to help in reducing the weight of vehicles; improved efficiency and lower costs for car batteries; and net-zero energy building technologies. Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) will receive $4.2 ORNL will also receive $20.2