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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. Enovix Corporation. Exelon Corporation. Optimization and Evaluation of Energy Savings for Connected and Autonomous Off-Road Vehicles. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec Corporation).

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Accedian, New Context, and Savari partner on next-generation smart infrastructure

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This alliance is mobilized to connect countless sensors, applications, autonomous cars, and remote services across every industry sector to create an assured, attested and secured foundation for tomorrow’s transportation and electrification infrastructure.

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Altech-Eco receives ARB certification for dedicated 2014 F-250/350 6.2L CNG conversion system

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Altech-Eco Corporation has obtained Executive Order (E.O.) The dedicated version converts the vehicle to operate 100% on CNG, which allows users to take advantage of using CNG as a cleaner burning and more economical alternative fuel. V8 F-250/350 pickups with Ford-supplied CNG gaseous prepped engine. and 2014 F-150 3.7L

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. About 40 corporations, valued at a trillion dollars, own the vast majority of transmission lines in the United States. system fragmented into about a dozen regions with limited connectivity between them.

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Omnitek Engineering completes $5M placement; financing to facilitate diesel to natural gas truck engine conversion sales

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Omnitek Engineering Corporation, a developer of natural gas engines and diesel-to-natural gas conversion systems, has entered into a definitive agreement with investors for a private placement of common stock and warrants to raise approximately $5.0 acted as the sole placement agent in connection with the transaction.

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Air Products to increase supply of H2 to Marathon’s Garyville, La. refinery by 25 MMscf/day

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Air Products will increase the supply of hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), at Marathon’s Garyville, La. Air Products will provide the additional hydrogen from its on-site facility and its pipeline network connection.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. The UK also hopes to connect more and more EVs to the electricity grid to share power at peak times, in something called vehicle to grid charging (V2G). Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a big deal these days. Read case study.