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New Mexico EV Mandate Stands After Opposition from Car Dealers

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The State of New Mexico has denied a petition put forward by automotive dealers to ease off on planned electric vehicle mandates. New Mexico is one of several states that has vowed to adopt stringent zero-emission vehicle requirements implemented by California.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Components of the e-gas plant.

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Advent Technologies to collaborate with Los Alamos, UT Austin, RPI, UNM and Toyota in the development of next-generation HT-PEM fuel cell technology

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We believe that HT-PEM represents not only a breakthrough for heavy-duty automotive technology but also for aviation, portable, and off-grid power generation. Vasilis Gregoriou, Advent’s Founder and CEO. Increase Lifetime: Boost tolerance to impurities and improve performance with platinum and non-platinum catalysts.

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WeaveGrid collaborates with Toyota to enable V2G integration with selected utilities – Charged EVs

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Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is expected to support a cleaner, more resilient electrical grid, while enabling EV owners to save money while charging their vehicles. However, some sort of managed charging platform will be needed to match up EV owners with local utilities.

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Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Electric vehicles charged on the increasingly clean Xcel Energy system will have about 80% lower carbon emissions than gas-powered cars by 2030. Powering 1.5

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, New York). High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Buffalo, New York).