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Kenworth T680 fuel cell tractor on display at CES

Green Car Congress

A zero-emission Kenworth Class 8 T680 day cab tractor equipped with a Ballard hydrogen fuel cell ( earlier post ) is on display at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The T680 has been running trials in the Seattle area and performing very well. Kenworth’s hydrogen fuel-cell T680 is a reality.

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PNNL, UW create materials research initiative

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Proposals are due 26 February 2018. NW IMPACT is inviting proposals for UW/PNNL collaborative multi-investigator research projects.

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

Baua Electric

a major Boeing production hub north of Seattle. But the Max series has been plagued by mechanical and safety issues, including two crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed nearly 350 people and led to the grounding of the Max 8 for nearly two years. It also planned to add another assembly line at a factory in Everett, Wash.,

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

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. We did a ribbon cutting for Kitsap Transit, which is right across from Seattle. The pad is actually communicating over a wireless near-field communications network.