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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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It will mark the start of a pilot plan announced last March to electrify a major thoroughfare that opens electric vehicle travel between four critical markets including Seattle, Boise, Salt Lake City and Denver. The full list of communities that will have EV chargers at Starbucks store locations along the route includes: Seattle, WA.

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Port of Seattle announces partnership for sustainable aviation fuels at Sea-Tac Airport; 10% minimum by 2028, 50% by 2050

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The partners will work to meet the specific sustainable aviation fuel timetable and goals approved by the Port of Seattle Commission in December 2017: for a minimum of 10% of sustainable jet fuel to be produced locally from sustainable sources within 10 years, increasing to 50% by 2050.

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DOE awarding nearly $8M for national laboratory H2@Scale projects

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Seattle City Light, Port of Seattle, and SNL will perform a large-scale hydrogen storage risk assessment to accelerate the Port of Seattle and Seattle City Lights’ adoption of hydrogen for energy storage and port operations. Award amount: $525,000). Award amount: $770,000).

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Lamborghini inaugurates new Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory carbon fiber research center in Seattle

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Automobili Lamborghini celebrated the grand opening of its new Seattle-based carbon fiber research facility, the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL). Operating as an entity outside of the company's headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese, the ACSL is responsible for unlocking new potential in carbon fiber.

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Prototype PNNL, UW webapp predicts parking space availability for delivery drivers

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The webapp combines curbside maps with data from nearly 300 sensors placed within 74 parking spaces in commercial and passenger loading zones from 1 st to 3 rd avenues and between Battery and Stewart streets in the Belltown neighborhood in downtown Seattle.

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Chevron invests in nuclear fusion start-up Zap Energy

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a Seattle-based start-up company developing a next-generation modular nuclear reactor with an innovative approach to advancing cost-effective, flexible, and commercially scalable fusion. Resources. “ Chevron Corporation made a Series A investment in Zap Energy Inc. ,

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