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Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics expand public road testing in the US for automated truck technology

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Initial public road testing started in southwest Virginia last year, where Torc is headquartered. The Autonomous Technology Group will continue to test the next generation of automated driving software in Virginia and will add the upcoming new routes to the data collecting. and in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Audi of America expands Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA)

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Phoenix, Portland, Ore.; and northern Virginia. Enabled metro areas include: Dallas, Denver, Gainesville, Fla.; Houston, Kansas City, Kansas; Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, Fla.; San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

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WVU NAFTC partners with Tesla Motors for professional development and electric drive vehicle first responder safety training

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The NAFTC, a program of West Virginia University, has produced the Electric Drive Vehicle First Responder Safety Training, a curriculum developed under the NAFTC’s Advanced Electric Drive Vehicle Education Program, funded by the US Department of Energy. South Portland, Maine; and Sanford, Fla. Scheduled for 6-7 Dec., Morgantown, W.

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First $300M tranche of VW National ZEV investment targets charging infrastructure; 150kW+ fast charging on highway network

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Volkswagen Group of America has created Electrify America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered in Reston, Virginia, to fulfill its Appendix C commitments. First tranche.

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Which US cities are the greenest?

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Eugene in Oregon finished at the top of the list ahead of its Oregon neighbour Portland and Santa Barbara in California. Portland, Oregon. Charlottesville, Virginia. In among the top 15 cities are several smaller cities with large state universities such as Charlottesville, VA and Gainesville, FL. Here is the top 10 in full: 1.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Greater Portland. the District of Columbia, Maryland and northern Virginia will develop. Indiana, will work to make existing municipal fueling stations available to. other fleets; create vehicle conversion inspection criteria; and train and. Council of. Governments. The project Removing Barriers, Implementing Policies and Advancing.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Lockheed Martin MS2 (Manassas, Virginia) will validate the ability to numerically model the dynamic interactions between a large cold water pipe and a floating ocean thermal energy conversion platform in various meteorological and ocean conditions. DOE Funding: $2,400,000. Total Project Value: $4,000,000. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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