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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Three major school bus manufacturers—Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses, Blue Bird and Navistar subsidiary IC Bus—introduced battery-electric school buses at the recent National Association for Pupil Transportation Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio (NAPT). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 12, 2024

The 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus. When complete, it will be able to generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 118,000 households. Canadian energy company Enbridge invested in Phase 1 and plans to make final investment decisions on the following phases through the year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

The first of the specially equipped plug-in hybrids has been delivered to American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. When plugged in, the battery systems of these specially equipped plug-in hybrids can communicate directly with the electrical grid via smart meters provided by utility companies through wireless networking.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Maxwell will receive more than $300,000 for collaborative R&D programs with Connecticut-based battery manufacturer Yardney Technical Products, Inc., at Calgon’s Columbus, Ohio facility, with a goal of establishing a domestic source of high-performance, low-cost carbon for ultracapacitors. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. DOE Award ($mil.). Technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. The first PHEV research prototype used a JCS 10 kWh lithium-ion battery pack based off a 41 Ah cylindrical cell. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

million to CALSTART in Pasadena, CA to coordinate research among fuel cell manufacturers, engineering firms and transit agencies throughout the country for fuel-cell powered buses. Funded projects include: Next Generation Fuel Cell Power System Development Towards Transit Bus Commercialization (Phase I). Amount: $7,200,000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

GVW) will be deployed to Albuquerque, Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus (Ohio), Jacksonville (Fla.), Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Kenworth T370 hybrids are equipped with a PACCAR PX-6 engine, rated up to 280 hp (209 kW) and up to 660 lb-ft (895 Nm) of torque, and the Eaton diesel-electric hybrid power system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2010

Aside from serving simply as structural material, composites made with fuzzy fiber can work as batteries, sensors, heaters, supercapacitors, structural health monitors and other systems whose operations are normally performed by additional components, Lafdi says. Not having to add a battery or external sensors means less weight on the plane.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Vehicle demonstration will leverage the Smart City infrastructure in Columbus. Using look-ahead information on traffic and road grade, the team will optimize the powertrain operation by managing combustion engine output, electric motor output and battery state of charge in this hybrid application. The Pennsylvania State University.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2009

The first of the specially equipped plug-in hybrids has been delivered to American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. When plugged in, the battery systems of these specially equipped plug-in hybrids can communicate directly with the electrical grid via smart meters provided by utility companies through wireless networking.

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APRIL 22, 2009

In the 1990s, Waters led development of the battery pack for General Motors Corp.s a lithium battery company. And that is directly who this new IDEA is aimed at: businesses that carry cargo, whether its Frito chips, power tools, dry cleaning or flowers. Later, he went on to work at auto supplier Delphi Corp. and EnerDel Inc.,

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