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SG Preston planning $400M, 120M gpy renewable diesel plant in Ohio

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SG Preston (SGP) announced the planned development of a 120-million gallon per year renewable diesel facility in Lawrence County, Ohio. Pre-engineering studies for the facility are expected to begin in September 2014, with commercial operations targeted for 2017. Delbert LeTang, CEO of SG Preston.

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FCA to invest $1B+ in Warren Truck Assembly, move Ram Heavy Duty production from Mexico

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This investment is in addition to the announcement made in January 2017, which committed to spending a portion of $1 billion in Warren Truck Assembly to expand the Jeep product line with the addition of the all-new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. FCA has invested $10 billion in its US manufacturing operations since June 2009.

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SwRI receives $5.25M ARPA-E award for NEXTCAR technology

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The other teams selected to move on to Phase II are the University of California Berkeley, Michigan Technical University and Ohio State University. The teams moving to Phase II are building on these goals by focusing on light-duty passenger vehicles and achieving a 30% reduction in energy consumption.

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Ford reorganizing mobility solutions efforts; acquires Autonomic, TransLoc to boost mobility group

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Mobility Marketing and Growth: To drive demand with consumers and commercial and city customers, and to ensure the voice of the customer is heard throughout the organization, Ford Smart Mobility LLC is establishing a global marketing and sales team. Last week, Ford announced the launch of service in Columbus, Ohio—Chariot’s fifth city.

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Peloton in ARPA-E NEXTCAR project to cut HD truck fuel use by 20% with smart powertrains and platooning

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Our first truck platooning system is coming to market in 2017. This project will build upon our existing system and is complementary to the higher-automation solutions we are developing next. This approach means that innovations that emerge from the project can be commercialized at low cost.

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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This FOA, issued in August 2017, is a $50-million funding opportunity for projects supporting cost-shared research and development to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots to demonstrate transformational coal technologies. DOE funding: $676,377 Non-DOE: $169,095 Total: $845,472. General Electric.

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

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My desire was to join the Air Force and help build technologies to secure the nation," he says. "I He joined its Junior ROTC at his high school in Dayton, Ohio, and won a scholarship from the corps to attend the University of Notre Dame , in Indiana. In 2017 he was appointed DARPA director.

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