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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC. Electricity generated through regenerative braking is stored and used for acceleration, assisting the diesel engine. The Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks (rated at 33,000 lb. The hybrid system is monitored through a dash display.

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

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In February, the company officially launched its new BoostEV platform in select cities—it’s now available in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Raleigh, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Cruz. For example, with Instacart, my grocery store now lives on my phone.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The energy is stored through a chemical reaction, which potentially allows the energy to be stored for a much longer period of time. The ability to store the heat captured by a CSP system during the day and continue running the power plant at night or when it’s cloudy makes solar power plants more reliable.

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