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Hyundai bringing XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks to California

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The US model provides a maximum driving range of 500 miles, or about 800 kilometers. The consortium also plans to establish a high-capacity hydrogen refueling station in Oakland, California that will be able to support as many as 50 trucks with an average fill of 30 kilograms.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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The projects would also help improve air quality in underserved areas of major American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Salt Lake City. Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator: First to Last Mile: Creating an Integrated Goods Movement Charging Network around the I-710 Corridor.

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The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024 – Charged EVs

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Promising new heavy-duty EVs include the eActros 600 from Mercedes-Benz Trucks, which is expected to offer 310 miles of range; the second-gen Freightliner eCascadia , now with up to 230 miles of range; and Volvo’s new VNR Electric , which sports up to six battery packs and touts a range of 275 miles.

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Michigan awards $285K to new mobility initiatives that improve roadway safety and sustainability, and customer service

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GEKOT Inc, has partnered with Razor USA and Oakland University (OU) to help address this need. GEKOT will integrate its technical solutions package into Razor electric scooters soon to be deployed on the campus of Oakland University. Additionally, its sensing and AI capabilities monitor the road and help to prevent accidents.

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The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Annual Program Review: The Driving Force Behind Autonomous Vehicles

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million research grant to establish an Automotive Research Center (ARC) at the U-M. ” mile per gallon fleet average fuel economy requirement set for automotive companies to be met by 2025. 2 ] The University of Michigan, The University of Iowa, Wayne State University, Clemson University, Oakland University, and Virginia Tech. [

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

Tesla’s announcement Thursday that it was teaming up with Toyota to start making its $50,000 electric Model S at NUMMI, hiring 1,000 workers and possibly creating 10 times that number of jobs down the road, has brought hope back to Fremont, a 92-square-mile piece of Silicon Valley that had seemed shrouded of late with gloom.

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