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Daimler, Blue Bird, IC Bus introduce electric school buses at NAPT

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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).

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VinFast’s unutilized gross sales means has U.S. automotive sellers wary however

Baua Electric

It’s just too early to tell,” stated George Glassman, president of Glassman Car Workforce, which sells 5 automobile manufacturers outdoor Detroit. “Opening our own stores is great but it takes a lot of time,” CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy instructed Reuters on Tuesday. “Is there room for more brands? Honda Motor Co.

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$3M Award Supports Production of New Multi-tasking Fuzzy Fiber Nanomaterial; Energy Applications

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By manufacturing structural material that can serve multiple functions, fewer parts are needed for any given application, which means reduced cost, lighter weight and greater efficiency. This is going to disrupt the way we think about materials.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). The 1 MW/4hr system will store potential energy in the form of compressed air in above-ground industrial pressure facilities. East Penn Manufacturing Co. (PA). 16,080,554.

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Enthusiasm electric!

Electric Auto Association

2022 Chapter of the Year (South) : Blue Ridge EV club The Blue Ridge EV Club , helmed by a board of 10 members, was created for the 2014 NDEW event in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, and since then has held a long list of successful events at local grocery stores, ice cream shops, farmers markets, malls, churches, and schools.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So, Im going to go out on a limb here and say bags of Frito snacks will soon be coming to stores near you with a lot less gasoline, noise and dirty emissions. (2 Among the dignitaries who will be on hand today for Brights announcement are executives from Frito-Lay North America. Both Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co.

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