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ASG life-cycle study finds aluminum Ford F-150 “Best Full-size Truck of 2015” from environmental and economic perspective

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According to the latest annual life-cycle study from the Automotive Science Group ( ASG ), the all-new lightweight aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 leads the full-size light-duty truck competition in all environmental and economic performance areas; accordingly, ASG selected the F-150 as its Best Full-size Truck of 2015.

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DOE launches wave energy competition

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The judging panel will include technical experts from: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado; Naval Surface Warfare Center—Carderock Division, Bethesda, Maryland; and Ricardo, Inc., Participants can register through June 15, 2015. Van Buren Township, Michigan.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. 3 projects will reduce the cost of onboard hydrogen storage tanks necessary for fuel cell vehicles. University of Colorado Boulder. Colorado School of Mines.

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Sandia Labs and NREL leading new DOE hydrogen infrastructure project; H2FIRST

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H 2 FIRST’s technical goal is to develop and apply physical testing, numerical simulation and technology validation to help create low-cost, high-performance materials, components and station architectures. Toyota will begin selling its Fuel Cell Vehicle in 2015.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor

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Driving from the Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek, Colorado (elevation: 5,745 feet/1,751 meters), we headed to Estes Park (7,522 feet/2,293 meters), a good challenge for the single motor with the newly redesigned rear-wheel drive. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion. State of Colorado Department of Transportation. AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited AWD

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Flash Drive: 2015 GMC Canyon. Road Test: 2018 Chevrolet Colorado. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Disclosure: Clean Fleet Report is loaned free test vehicles from automakers to evaluate, typically for a week at a time.

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