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USDA announces state finalists for $100M Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership for pumps with higher ethanol blends

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With a more than 1:1 match from private and state resources, USDA estimates that the BIP grants will support nearly 5,000 pumps at over 1,400 fueling stations across the country. A typical gas pump delivers fuel with 10 percent ethanol, which limits the amount of renewable energy most consumers can purchase at the pump. West Virginia.

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DOE awarding $6M to 11 projects to accelerate alternative fuel vehicle market growth

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Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. West Virginia University Research Corporation.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Test rides most always evoke a comment of future EV purchase. I have built partnerships with major automakers such as GM and Nissan, home builders associations, fleet managers, charging companies, all of which could be leveraged for the development of additional EAA resources benefiting EAA chapters nationwide.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Test rides most always evoke a comment of future EV purchase. I have built partnerships with major automakers such as GM and Nissan, home builders associations, fleet managers, charging companies, all of which could be leveraged for the development of additional EAA resources benefiting EAA chapters nationwide.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Canada’s federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson , on the other hand, believes the transition to EVs and renewable energy will create so many “good, well-paying jobs and economic prosperity in every region of the country” that there will not be enough workers to fill them all.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans. and a third).

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. For EVs, much of the environmental burden centers on the production of batteries, the most energy- and resource-intensive component of the vehicle. EVs have finally come of age.