CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Over the past decade of covering the electric vehicle industry, it’s unfortunately not hyperbole that I almost never see an electric vehicle (EV) story in a large mainstream media outlet that isn’t rife with problems. All kinds of errors and bias are abundant in such pieces.

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. In the recycling industry, the cost of recycling is key. —Hongfei Lin. 2021.04.002.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. Chang Dou/University of Washington. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

A new modeling study led by researchers from George Washington Universit (GWU) finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (~2.5 —lead author Veronica Southerland, George Washington University. Louis, the University of Washington, Dalhousie University, and the University of California. exposure was 10 micrograms (?

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MAY 27, 2023

Washington State University, Pullman To develop and manufacture his relay, he launched Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in 1982 from his basement in Pullman, Wash. He read it while an engineering graduate student at Washington State University , in Pullman. “I One was how difficult it was to restore power.” I couldn’t put it down.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

This partnership, along with other collaborations with global industry partners, will help address technical barriers and enable progress in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across applications and sectors. Hyundai provided its first NEXO SUV to the DOE in 2019.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Of the 27 proposed sites, 16 are in California, five are in Oregon and six are in Washington. Those highways include Interstates 8, 10, 80, 210 and 710 and state routes 60 and 99 in California; I-84 in Oregon; and I-90 in Washington. An additional 41 sites on other highways that connect to I-5 are being proposed for electrification.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

King County Metro (Metro)—the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle—has agreed to purchase 40 sixty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer, with plans to order an additional 80 battery-electric buses in the coming year.

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JULY 13, 2016

Because of this, the collective US shale industry has been likened to the new “swing producer”: low oil prices force quick cutbacks but higher prices trigger new supplies. An estimated 350,000 workers have been laid off in the oil industry around the world, and the rig count in the US is a tiny fraction of what it was two years ago.

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JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

This funding will enable Universal Hydrogen to conduct the first test flight of its hydrogen fuel cell powertrain on a 40+ passenger regional airliner in 2022 at Moses Lake, Washington. There is no known alternative technology to get there. —Jim Adler, founding Managing Director of Toyota Ventures.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

On Wednesday 21 January, representatives of the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA), the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) and motor vehicle industry associations will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the agency and the motor vehicle industry for the reduction of copper in brake pads. Background.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Volvo Penta and leading North American telescopic boom excavator manufacturer Gradall Industries are showcasing the latest development in their partnership at CONEXPO this week—an electrified version of the OEM’s XL 4100 V highway speed wheeled excavator.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

The Washington State Algae Alliance, comprising bioscience firm Targeted Growth, Inc. TGI), Inventure Chemical (Inventure) and Washington State University (WSU), will benefit from $2 million in funding through WSU as part of the 2010 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 15, 2021

We set a new benchmark and record for the entire American electric bus industry. The K8M record-setting performance included high marks in structural durability, reliability, maintainability, and safety. As a result, US transit agencies can confidently use FTA funding to buy the K8M.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Optimus was founded in 2010 with the mission of combating global climate change by deploying solutions to decarbonize the largest and most challenging transportation and industrial sectors, and it released the Vector System commercially in 2018.

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APRIL 3, 2012

The US Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and the Navy will co-host an Advanced Biofuels Industry Roundtable in Washington DC on 18 May 2012 as the next step in the partnership with the private sector to produce advanced biofuels to power military and commercial transportation.

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MARCH 22, 2021

The 3-D-printed LH2 tank is an industry first, and is expected to support 10+ hours of endurance for ScanEagle3. The defense industry is growing increasingly interested in the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell technology, which range from environmental to operational. ScanEagle3. —Andrew Duggan, Managing Director Insitu Pacific.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Regulators and industry leaders must partner to develop certification pathways specific to these types of aircraft, including airworthiness standards for Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL), electric propulsion, fly-by-wire systems, software and sense-and-avoid systems.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The FAA approval clears the way for the first flight of the Dash 8-300 flying testbed which will take place at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. As the second-largest turboprop operator in the world, Air New Zealand is a trendsetter for the industry.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The founding members—Air Liquide, Anglo American, Bloom Energy, CF Industries, Chart Industries, Cummins Inc., The initiative—which represents companies invested in all links of the hydrogen value chain from source to service —will showcase hydrogen’s unique value proposition among Washington, D.C.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

IMW Industries , a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Each package has an industrial CNG compressor, high-pressure CNG storage, multi-point CNG dispensing, gas controls and electrical controls in a unique, purpose-built transport trailer.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

across the industrialized nations of the global north, windblown dust was a major source of PM 2.5 The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. The new report noted that major sources of PM 2.5 While fossil fuel combustion made up most of the PM 2.5 in African countries.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Accordingly, the top 10 states with the highest overall EV adoption rates—California, Washington, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, Maryland, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Massachusetts—have continued to see EV adoption rates grow steadily, climbing year-over-year through the first half of 2023.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an artificial enzyme that digests lignin, which has stubbornly resisted previous attempts to develop it into an economically useful energy source. They are also expensive.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“Enable the next growth phase for Tesla’s charging business and the broader EV industry by joining a new team that is built around extending the reach of Tesla’s charging products. The chargers will first be installed in Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Below are the responsibilities of Tesla’s Sr.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The industrial sector has remained the second-largest consumer of petroleum, accounting for about one-quarter of all petroleum use, and that share has remained nearly the same over time. Source: Energy Information Administration, May 2019 Monthly Energy Review, Washington, DC, May 2019, Tables 3.7a–3.7c. million to 20.5

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MAY 29, 2020

The successful flight of the eCaravan, enabled by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place at the AeroTEC Flight Test Center at the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) in Moses Lake, Washington on Thursday.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is the first industrial production facility in Germany to use this process for SAF production based on biomass waste and residues. bp began producing renewable diesel via co-processing at its Cherry Point refinery in Washington state in 2018. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

A partnership between the University of Washington and the Italian sports-car company Automobili Lamborghini has been formalized , and the presidents of both organizations attended the naming ceremony of the UW’s Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory.

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MARCH 9, 2023

ASTM International is hosting a Workshop on PFAS in Atmosphere – Sources, Sampling, and Standards , to be held 1-2 November 2023, in Washington, DC. Fluoropolymers are one specific class of PFAS, and play a significant role in the automotive industry.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

BME plans to scale from a 1 ton per day demo facility in Seattle, Washington, to a 33 ton per day (1,000 ton per month) pilot facility in Odessa, WA. Light Immersion Technology can be used to grow algae to remediate selenium, zinc, lead, cadmium, boron, mercury, and other undesirable elements and compounds from industrial waste streams.

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JULY 25, 2023

Group14 said that this will insulate its customers and partners from potential supply chain disruptions—particularly in the automotive industry—and sets up the company to localize integrated silicon battery technology manufacturing in Europe.

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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. For the industry to consider investing in biofuel, we need these kinds of demonstrations that show durability and flexibility of the process. —Michael Thorson.

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JULY 19, 2023

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization office, will award Graphite One (Alaska) $37.5 The company intends to make a production decision on the project upon the completion of a Feasibility Study.

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