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Daimler Trucks and Torc partner with Luminar to enable automated trucking; Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar

Green Car Congress

This constrained application of autonomy enables the technology to be commercially deployed in series production on nearer term time frames compared to urban autonomous driving development. In August 2020, Luminar announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Gores Metropoulos, Inc.,

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DOE: nearly 1,200 fuel cells have been deployed through the Recovery Act

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In addition, businesses are also choosing fuel cells to power materials handling equipment because of the productivity, cost and performance advantages of fuel cell lift trucks. To date, close to 700 fuel cells have been deployed to provide backup power with $18.5 million in Recovery Act funding. Funded with $9.7

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

All the commercial and government buildings in the state are ready to have their roofs raised too. That’s more like a head butt than a face slap… Personally I vote for Al Gore’s plan for generating 100% of our nationwide electric from renewable energy as he offered it last summer. Don’t stop there, either.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. SZ (1) 6753.T

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