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Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one

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Kentucky State Capitol. Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. cents, compared to a current average gas price of $2.78

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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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This investment will also spur demonstrations of large-scale hydrogen utilization at ports and data centers and across industrial sectors like steel making. TOPIC 2: ADVANCED CARBON FIBER FOR COMPRESSED HYDROGEN AND NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANKS. University of Kentucky. Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. 3M Company.

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Ford cutting F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds

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Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability. The Michigan Assembly plant is getting a third shift as Ford continues to lean on gas vehicle sales to bolster its finances. I’d love to hear from you!

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Report: Ford Slashing F-150 Lightning Production By Half

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At the same time, the company said gas pickup volume is expected to remain steady. Ford has recorded steep losses in its EV division and recently announced that it is postponing a multi-billion-dollar battery production facility in Kentucky. It is also cutting Mustang Mach-E production and delaying other planned EV investments.

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Coal-country voters laugh at politicians who deny climate change

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The "war on coal" has long been a talking point of politicians running for elected office in the state of Kentucky. The state was once home to a booming coal industry that has floundered over the years as cheaper fracked natural gas has supplanted coal for electricity generation.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. Many of these R&D efforts can be applied across both the energy and the industrial sectors. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. Collaboration across industry, academia and government provides an opportunity to directly address these challenges in a pre-competitive way.