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Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

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The grant will be used to expand Bridgestone’s guayule production in the Southwestern US with lowered greenhouse gas emissions and to create regional jobs for farmers and Native American tribes to build a rubber bioeconomy based on climate-smart and sustainable practices.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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Val Miftakhov got into the EV game in 2010 when he founded eMotorWerks, which created an innovative smart charging solution and was acquired by the Enel Group in 2017. Charged : You’ve done some pilot programs with battery-electric planes, but your long-term idea is to build fuel cell aircraft, correct?

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Ford targeting highly autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing in 2021; new tech company investments, staffing up in Silicon Valley

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Building on more than a decade of autonomous vehicle research and development, Ford’s first fully autonomous vehicle will be an SAE-rated level 4-capable vehicle without a steering wheel or gas and brake pedals. This expertise will help Ford autonomous vehicles learn and adapt to the surroundings of their environment.

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EV Charging Basics for Property Developers

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Current EV infrastructure building codes require the integration of EV infrastructure into new construction projects. The core requirements of the 2021 IECC model code for new multifamily buildings are as follows: Source: [link]. Most existing buildings are not equipped with EV-ready parking spaces and EV-Capable infrastructure.

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2022 Lucid Air: The makers of the first 500-mile EV should be taken seriously

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Inside, the buyer has a choice of interior themes (“looks,” really), each intended to evoke a different sort of luxurious environment. A deep lustrous maroon metallic, also with silver pillars, is Lucid’s other distinctive color—and it’s stunning. Over the break, engineers doubled the battery voltage from the standard 400 volts.

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