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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

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NASA will provide $6 million over the course of three years to support a University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project focused on the development of a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method. The two other awards are: Carnegie Mellon University. Resources.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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The BMW Group already signed a contract for the procurement of lithium from hard-rock deposits at Australian mines back in 2019. Lithium water study in cooperation with University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Massachusetts Amherst. The company is also involved in local educational programs and infrastructure measures.

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LOTTE, Sumitomo of Americas and Syzygy Plasmonics to partner on photocatalytic cracking of ammonia to produce hydrogen

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Using fully electric reactors gives hydrogen producers a way to reduce or eliminate their reliance on combustion as the energy source for processing ammonia. SCOA first invested in Syzygy in 2019 and since that time, the companies have worked together to deploy its technologies. Earlier post.).

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MAN Truck & Bus establishing large-scale production of batteries for electric trucks and buses at Nuremberg site

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This now paves the way for a commercial vehicle e-cluster “made in Bavaria”, consisting of the production of e-trucks at MAN in Munich, battery production in Nuremberg, research & development at both locations and excellent cooperation with the respective colleges, universities and institutes.

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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Volkswagen outlines coming changes to charging for its EVs

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Charging and energy are becoming a core business for Volkswagen; the company is building a universal and seamless eco-system for charging its electric models. Electricity tariffs and algorithms already make it possible to charge the car at the point at which a lot of renewable energy is available.

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U-M study: When, where, how electric delivery vehicles are charged has big impact on GHGs

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In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. UPS has ordered 10,000 of them and FedEx plans to be fully electric by 2040. Though EVs represent a small fraction of delivery vehicles today, the number is growing.

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