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Tesla receives thanks for EV development from Chinese President Xi

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Tesla’s development in China received support from Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to San Francisco, where he met with company CEO Elon Musk and “other important representatives.” As the two met, Xi expressed support for the automaker’s development in China.

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America. In 2019 Clean Energy provided an estimated 16 million gallons of Redeem to UPS.

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GM to build production versions of Cruise AV self-driver at Orion plant; roof modules at Brownstown

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General Motors will build production versions of its Cruise AV ( earlier post ) at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. We’re continuing to make great progress on our plans to commercialize in 2019. Roof module production has already begun and production of the fourth generation Cruise AV is expected to begin in 2019.

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Delta enters into conditional major offtake agreement for SAF with NWABF

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Building on its $2-million investment for an ongoing feasibility study with Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels ( NWABF ), Delta has entered into one of the largest airline offtake agreements of its kind to purchase sustainable aviation fuel, if produced, from NWABF.

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Air Liquide to build $150M liquid hydrogen plant in US; long-term agreement with, investment in FirstElement Fuel

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Air Liquide expects to invest more than US$150 million to build a liquid hydrogen plant in the western United States, with construction to begin in early 2019. The True Zero Network of stations spans from San Diego, throughout Orange County, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and out to Santa Barbara and Lake Tahoe.

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Workhorse partners with Prefix to refine Workhorse’s electric delivery vehicle

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This partnership signals a key step in moving forward following Workhorse’s change of leadership in February 2019. The two companies are now focused on building an underlying platform to support 1,200 ft 3 , 1,000 ft 3 and a 650 ft 3 capacity delivery vans.

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Electrify America opening first California EV fast charging station in Torrance; targeting 9 in California by year-end

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The Country Hills Shopping Plaza in Torrance, California will be the site of the first DC fast charging station to open in the state as part of Electrify America’s plan to install approximately 160 charging stations in California by June 2019. Livermore-San Francisco Premium Outlets, 2774 Livermore Outlets Dr., Livermore, CA.