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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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Such reasons include advantages to the electrical grid such as load balancing and energy storage, increased jobs and economic development, reduced stormwater pollution and consumer savings.

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How good is the Mass. Clean Energy and Climate Plan for cleaning up the grid?

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The comment period for the CECP is an excellent opportunity to set the Baker Administration on course to tackle climate emissions within multiple sectors of the economy. The Baker a dministration released their ten-year Clean Energy & Climate Plan (CECP), which is open for comment through February 22. You can read the whole plan here.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. The report identifies insights about the choice of charging infrastructure in each region that will both maximize benefits to consumers (thus helping to drive EV adoption) and maximize benefits to the grid from greater EV use. —“Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”.

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Chrysler providing 10 PHEV Ram 1500 pickups to MBTA as part of demo project

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Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Earlier post.). Chrysler Group LLC has delivered Ram 1500 PHEV trucks to the city of Yuma, Ariz.,

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. Improving Network-wide Fuel Economy and Enabling Traffic Signal Optimization Using Infrastructure and Vehicle-based Sensing and Connectivity. Dream Team Co LLC. 1,750,000.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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In addition to providing clean transportation for children, school bus electrification programs will add $6 billion to the economy and create 46,000 job years. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. However, that is likely to change. With approval from the U.S.

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. —Luis Ortiz, LMBC’s President.

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