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SwRI forms joint industry program to investigate safety, longevity of grid-connected energy storage systems

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JIP efforts will include developing new test cycles for batteries employed in grid applications, estimating the life span of batteries and their potential for failure, and reducing likelihood of battery fires. One of the central questions is how long it takes for a battery to degrade. —Jayant Sarlashkar.

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Tesla supplier developing dry electrode tech to establish facility in Texas

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Reported Tesla supplier Saueressig Engineering plans to establish a facility in San Antonio’s East Side—about 80 miles away from Gigafactory Texas. and may be linked to Tesla’s 4680 battery cell initiatives. Saueressig is a division of Matthews International Corp.

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SwRI to launch 2nd phase of Advanced Combustion Catalyst and Aftertreatment Technologies consortium

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at SwRI’s headquarters in San Antonio and is open to interested automotive industry manufacturers. The completion of the first four-year consortium AC 2 AT PAC meeting is scheduled for 14 November at SwRI in San Antonio, TX. The AC2AT-II kickoff meeting will be 15 Nov. Earlier post.)

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Houston METRO launches Proterra electric bus demo; Catalyst FC into revenue service for 90 days

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The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) will deploy a 40-foot Proterra Catalyst FC battery-electric bus for 90 days beginning on December 4, demonstrating the benefits that battery-electric transit technology can bring to the region’s communities.

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Proterra to provide three battery-electric transit buses to Worcester Regional Transit Authority as part of clean fuels grant

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San Antonio, Texas; Tallahassee, Fla. The WRTA estimates that replacing these three buses will eliminate 53 tons of harmful emissions and reduce petroleum consumption by more than 23,000 gallons per year, while reducing operating costs by more nearly $500,000. and Seneca, S.C.

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Proterra introduces 2nd generation electric bus

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Proterra’s current electric bus, the EcoRide BE35, is a 35-foot, low-floor composite body transit bus built upon a battery-electric vehicle architecture. San Antonio, Texas; Tallahassee, Fla.; Cities currently operating Proterra all-electric buses include Stockton, Calif.; Worcester, Mass.; and Pomona, Calif.

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UQM Technologies and Proterra complete new 3-year electric propulsion system supply agreement for electric buses

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have reached a long-term supply agreement that continues the role of UQM as the exclusive supplier of electric propulsion systems to the maker of battery-electric buses. UQM Technologies, Inc. and Proterra, Inc. Under the new agreement, Proterra will purchase the recently released UQM PowerPhase HD 220 electric propulsion system.(