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California Governor announces $120M settlement with NRG will fund electric car charging stations across California; new Executive Order to accelerate commercialization of ZEVs

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stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state. .

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. In the stationary market, Bloom Energy announced that it was doubling the number of Bloom Energy Server installations and company revenue every six months.

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Genomatica Develops Bio-manufacturing Process for Methyl Ethyl Ketone; Potential Product for Struggling Corn Ethanol Plants

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Worldwide installed capacity for manufacturing is just less than 3 billion pounds per year, and the market is broadly valued at $2 billion per year. Genomatica was founded in 2000 by research scientists from the University of California at San Diego. Genomatica is based in San Diego.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

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White installed a solar system in his home by 1992, and when the next Category 5 hurricane struck in 1995, “We had back-up. In 2000, “I decided my next car would be an EV when there was really nothing on the market,” White continued. Desiring to run the GEM on sunshine, White successfully installed a solar panel on its roof.

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10-Year FTA Low-Speed Urban Maglev Research Program Shows Technology is Feasible, But Infrastructure Costs and Availability of Technologies Are Intimidating

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installed along the rail surface. FTA funded five projects under the UML program: The General Atomics Urban Maglev Project (General Atomics, San Diego, CA as the lead company) to develop a system based on permanent magnets. ferromagnetic aluminum, copper, etc.)

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Nissan reveals Frontier Diesel Runner with 2.8L Cummins turbo diesel; leveraging ATLAS engine program

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By January 2013, the new ATLAS engine was delivering 350 ft-lb (475 N·m) at 2000 rpm and 210 hp (157 kW) at 3200-3600 rpm. Over the course of ATLAS, Cummins installed 4-cylinder engines into two Nissan Titan trucks as an ongoing platform for its research on the next-generation of 4-cylinder automotive clean diesel engines.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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Nissan estimates—based on the findings of AR4—that the CO 2 emissions of all new vehicles in 2050 would need to be reduced by 90% compared to the 2000 level. Based on this scenario, Nissan will conduct a review of its road map for CO 2 emissions reduction of new vehicles and reflect it in the next mid-term environmental action plan.

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