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Oregon State partnering with Daimler on fuel-cell electric Class 8 truck for SuperTruck 3

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million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The work by Oregon State is part of $25.8

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DOE to award up to $156M for applied R&D projects to drive industrial decarbonization

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Concept papers are due 17 April 2023, at 5:00pm ET, and full applications are due 23 June 2023, at 5:00pm ET. Topic 8: Decarbonizing Forest Products. This topic will focus on decarbonization opportunities in energy-intensive drying, paper forming, and pulping processes.

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Plug-in hybrid pollution, solid-state timeline, charging electric trucks: Today’s Car News

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Portland is re-upping on the Electric Avenue concept, but for big electric trucks this time. Plug-in hybrids might be polluting a lot more than the emissions-test numbers suggest. Daimler’s Smart plant sale will enable something that’s not small and not electric.

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Audi Electric SUV Concept, Tesla Model X Spied, Electric Aston Martin: Today's Car News

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Today, we have teaser images of the Audi e-tron quattro electric SUV concept set to debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, more spy images of the Tesla Model X, and confirmation that an all-electric version of the Aston Martin Rapide will debut in about two years. Portland International Airport recently.

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80-Foot Long Electric Bus Concept From Poland: Uses Fuel Cells Too

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This massive plug-in electric bus concept comes from Polish bus-maker Solaris--and it uses fuel cells too. DON''T MISS: Portland Tests BYD K9 All-Electric Passenger Bus: Quick Ride The 24-meter (78.7 Aggressive promotion by carmakers is slowly getting the public used to the idea of electric vehicles, but probably not ones like this.

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Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

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The initiative’s measures therefore include the development of standard concepts that cover common charging profiles. Different energy suppliers can use these concepts, significantly reducing their planning time. So far, infrastructure projects have mostly been treated as individual cases.

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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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Thanks to our global presence, customers all over the world are testing various vehicle concepts in diverse practical applications. In the United States, the heavy-duty eCascadia and the medium-duty eM2 were premiered in Portland in June 2018. This motivated us to place electric trucks in the hands of customers at an early stage.

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