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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Partners: Harper International, Phillips66. American Battery Metals Corporation; Field Demonstration of Selective Leaching, Targeted Purification, and Electro-Chemical Production of Battery Grade Lithium Hydroxide Precursor from Domestic Claystone Resources. Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions.

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Mitsubishi Confirms i MiEV headed for US; Oregon and Portland General Electric Join Partnership Program

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At the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), Mitsubishi Motors North America President and CEO Shinichi Kurihara confirmed that the company is developing the i MiEV for sale in world markets, including the United States. Fleet sales of the electric vehicle begin this July in Japan. The battery pack of the i MIEV.

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Hertz adds 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid to rental fleet

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The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. All of the Green Traveler cars have fuel efficiency ratings starting at 33+ highway mpg.

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Waste-plastic-to-crude company Agilyx obtains $25M Series C financing

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Agilyx Corporation has secured a new round of Series C funding worth $25 million, led by new investor Keating Capital and joined by existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Saffron Hill Ventures, Waste Management, Total Energy Ventures International, an affiliate of Total S.A., Earlier post.).

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Foss Maritime and Aspin Kemp receive US patent for hybrid marine propulsion and energy management system used in harbor tugs

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—Paul Jamer, VP of Corporate Development at AKA. Foss built the first hybrid tugboat, Carolyn Dorothy , and has successfully converted a second vessel, Campbell Foss , to a hybrid at its shipyard in Rainier, Oregon. Resources.

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SAE World Congress technical track on advances in fuel cell vehicle applications

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Tamburello, Martin Sulic, Claudio Corgnale, Savannah River National Laboratory; Richard Chahine, Universite de Quebec; Kevin Drost, Oregon State Univ.; Comparative Analysis of Internal Combustion Engine and Fuel Cell Range Extender” (2016-01-1188) Stuart Chubbock, Ralph Clague, Intelligent Energy.

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EEI encourages utilities to spend at least 5% of fleet acquisition budgets on plug-ins

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To help guide the effort, investor-owned electric utility CEOs designated Tony Earley, chairman, CEO and president of PG&E Corporation, and Jim Piro, CEO and president of Portland General Electric, as co-chairs of the EEI Electric Transportation Task Force. We encourage other utilities to do the same. —Jim Piro.

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