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

Green Car Congress

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.

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Aptera to showcase solar EV tech in the UAE as it preps its first production-intent builds [Video]

Baua Electric

This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. That video followed a separate post from Aptera offering a look at the forthcoming build process of its production-intent solar EVs.

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Comment on CATL plans to build plant with GM in North America through tech licensing, report says by Wayne Lewis

CN EV Post

But small correction needed: “The plant, which is wholly owned by Ford, is the first battery plant to be wholly owned by an automaker in the US-“ Tesla has a wholly owned battery plant on-site at their Texas Gigafactory that’s been producing 4680 cells/packs for almost 2 years now, in addition to their battery facility at Kato Road in California.

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California Energy Commission announces first incentive project for zero-emission truck and bus infrastructure

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California Energy Commission?(CEC)?has The effort builds on state investments into demonstration and deployment projects that brought this technology to the market. California Governor Gavin Newsom has mandated all operations?of of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles be 100% zero-emission by 2045.

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California Governor signs agreement with China national government to cooperate on green tech

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In China, California Governor Edmund G. The agreement on behalf of California builds on two sub-national pacts on green technology that Brown signed earlier this week with Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces. The forum builds on the event Governor Brown launched last year in San Francisco during the Clean Energy Ministerial.

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Tesla Megapacks to be deployed at Apple’s California solar farm

Teslarati

In an announcement on Wednesday, tech giant Apple revealed that it is building a big battery storage project at a Northern California solar farm. The project will also store energy gathered from the California Flats, a 130 MW solar farm. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Tesla announces major milestone in 4680 cell ramp at Giga Texas

Teslarati

Tesla has been building 4680 cells for several years after unveiling the tech behind the battery in late 2020. Tesla has been selling these Model Ys for over a year now, and the ramp-up of 4680 tech has continued. I’d love to hear from you! If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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