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Sysco unveils vision for first EV hub: 40 electric tractors and refrigerated trailers; 4MWh ESS and 1.5MW additional solar

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Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest food distributor, unveiled its vision for the Riverside Electric Vehicle Hub, which will transform the company’s distribution center into the focal point of its electrified fleet. InCharge Energy and ABB E-mobility are supplying and preparing to activate 40 Terra 124 DC fast chargers.

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DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

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This includes EV charging community projects, such as installing charge stations within multi-unit housing, hosting community-led demonstrations that address barriers to EV adoption and lowering costs for direct current (DC) fast charging equipment. AOI 3: Reducing the Cost of DC Fast Charging Equipment. BorgWarner Inc.

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SPX and Aker Wade partner to develop new low-cost fast chargers for EVs

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SPX Service Solutions, a business unit of SPX Corporation ( earlier post ), and Aker Wade Power Technologies, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of advanced fast charging systems ( earlier post ), signed a letter of intent jointly to develop a new family of practical electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers for the global vehicle market.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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About 40 corporations, valued at a trillion dollars, own the vast majority of transmission lines in the United States. The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants. These DC projects sidestep the utility-dominated transmission-expansion planning processes.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Advanced Magnet Lab (AML) is developing a reliable, contact-free current transfer mechanism from a stationary to a rotating electrode to allow direct current (DC) electrical machines, motors, and generators to achieve unprecedented power and torque density. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. University of California, San Diego.

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GE and Shenhua form coal gasification JV in China

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The agreement was signed today at a ceremony at the Strategic Forum on US-China Clean Energy Cooperation in Washington DC. —Zhang Xiwu, chairman of Shenhua Group Corporation Ltd. The announcement was made as part of China President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the United States.

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New seamless charging network across18 states

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The Electric Highway Coalition—made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority—announced a plan to enable EV drivers seamless travel across major regions of the country through a network of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs).