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Ford partners with Haier, Trina Solar and Delta Electronics to launch MyEnergi Lifestyle in China

Green Car Congress

Ford worked with researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a computer model that calculates annual consumption before and after instituting the MyEnergi Lifestyle model, as they did for the similar MyEnergi Lifestyle project in the US. The MyEnergi Lifestyle model also predicts: 32% reduction of PM 2.5.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

As we increasingly electrify our homes, transportation, and factories, utility companies’ choices about transmission will have huge consequences for the nation’s economy and well-being. Utility companies are prioritizing their shareholders over the public’s need for cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Georgia Department of Transportation. The Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Transportation, will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses and supporting charging infrastructure. The project will add to battery electric buses that are currently in StarMetro's fleet. 797,550.

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Miami commits to putting 100 electric school buses on the road

Baua Electric

Today we’re once again accelerating the transition to electric and low-emission school buses in America, helping to secure a healthier future where all our children can breathe cleaner air,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. School Board of Seminole County has beens selected to receive $525,000 to purchase ~15 clean school buses.

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EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

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Algenol is also working with PNNL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Georgia Tech on development of higher-value green chemical production concepts. The overall process reduces the carbon footprint relative to gasoline by 60–80% according to peer-reviewed published work from Georgia Tech. Department of Energy).

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

Hyundai, which announced this May that it would build its first-ever dedicated EV plant in the state of Georgia and, to capitalize on the North American final assembly requirement in the newly-passed IRA, just revealed it was mulling moving the groundbreaking on the facility from the original target of 2023 to before the end of this year.