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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the. Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. other fleets; create vehicle conversion inspection criteria; and train and. Colorado Energy. Center, Inc.

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DOE to award up to $35M to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; fuel cell range extenders

Green Car Congress

Subtopics were determined using a variety of means such as gap analyses, feedback from industry, Requests for Information (RFIs), external peer reviews, workshops and an assessment of the current RD&D portfolio. Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion. Subtopic 1a: Microbial biomass conversion. Catalysts and Supports.

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DOE to Award Up to $300M in Stimulus Bill Funding for Projects to Expand Use of Alt-Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Education and outreach workshops for petroleum reduction fuels and technologies. The DOE funds are to be used to pay for the incremental cost to purchase new OEM vehicles or the retrofit, conversion or repowering of new and/or used conventional vehicles. Incremental cost of dedicated alternative fuel vehicles.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

Similar mismatches between climate policy desires and an energy infrastructure incapable of supporting those policies will play out across not only in the United States but elsewhere in one form or another over the next two decades as conversion to EVs and electric appliances moves to scale. million miles of power lines.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

Get Electric Vehicle

Manufacturing Infrastructure Software Development Training and Skill Development Retrofitting Fleet operation Dealership and Franchise Maintenance and Repair. The training includes hardware setup development, software development, electric vehicle design, calculation, maintenance, charging station installation, etc. EV Workshop.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

Work with the board to assist chapters in finding and incorporating social media options, including hosting chapter web pages and assistance in developing some minimal level of content design and maintenance. It really takes a conversation to convince a lot of people. What is your most effective contribution toward the adoption of EVs?

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California Energy Commission to award up to $29.9M to hydrogen refueling infrastructure projects

Green Car Congress

The solicitation has two goals: 1) to develop infrastructure necessary to dispense hydrogen transportation fuel; and 2) to provide needed Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funding to support hydrogen refueling operations prior to the large—scale roll—out of Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs). CEC is holding one Pre-Application Workshop on 6 December.

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