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EPA announces $1B in grants for electric school buses and heavy-duty vehicles

Baua Electric

Photo: Highland Fleets Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) announced nearly $1 billion in grants to replace gas heavy-duty vehicles and school buses with electric vehicles. The grant program is funded through the Inflation Reduction Act under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. “In Get started here. –

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From Intel Intern to Inventor of the Year

Cars That Think

On a worldwide basis, Kavalieros's total stands at 929 patents granted. Chau hired Kavalieros as a summer intern in 1994 when he was pursuing his Ph.D. What is Kavalieros's personal secret sauce to achieving such a remarkable record of sustained invention? Kavalieros's current U.S. patent tally stands at 437.

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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The society recently launched several programs to engage them, including career fairs, travel grants, and networking opportunities with researchers. Job fairs and travel grants Several new initiatives have been rolled out at the society’s flagship conferences. The grant can help students who are not presenters to attend conferences.

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SwRI motion prediction system enhances pedestrian detection for automated vehicles

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For instance, if a pedestrian is walking west, the system can predict if that person will suddenly turn south. Slocum, a senior research analyst who led the internally funded project. We take it for granted, but it’s incredibly complex for a computer to process this scene and predict scenarios. —SwRI’s Samuel E.

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Celgard Seeks DOE Grant for Expansion of Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Separator Capacity

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Celgard, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc. Celgard, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc. Celgard is seeking federal funds through this grant initiative to increase its lithium-ion battery separator production capacity in the United States. Earlier post.).

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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

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million) grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 program. Ammonia is promising as a carbon-free fuel for marine applications, in view of the maritime industry’s need to fulfil the International Maritime Organisation’s vision of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50 percent by 2050.

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