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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.

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Blue Bird expects close to 300 electric school buses deployed throughout US by end of year

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With its electric-powered school sales up more than 250% in fiscal 2020 compared with last year, and an ever-increasing interest from school districts and fleet operators across the US and Canada, Blue Bird is ramping up its electric bus production capacity to 1,000 units annually to meet the anticipated growth in demand. —Phil Horlock.

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Drive Electro to supply components for another 200 electric buses in Moscow

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In addition, thanks to the engineering solutions applied, the buses are able to operate even at record low or high temperatures, making them ideal for Moscow’s changeable climate. In late 2020, Drive Electro also presented Russia’s first electric truck, known as the ‘Moskva’. Up to US$5.2

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Fuel cell electric vehicles powered by Ballard have driven more than 50M km; 70% in China

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For the first half of 2020, FCEVs monitored by Ballard delivered fuel cell uptime of approximately 98%. Some of the FCEBs that operated over 8-years in the field exceeded 38,000 hours of revenue service with no major fuel cell maintenance requirements.

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OCTA board approves draft plan for conversion to 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2040; testing fuel-cell and battery-electric

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OCTA is in the process of testing both hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses and plug-in battery-electric buses to determine which technology best meets OCTA’s needs related to operations, maintenance and cost, among other things. OCTA hydrogen fuel-cell bus. In all, it represented a $22.9-million million investment.

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Terberg introduces new generation of electric terminal tractor; hydrogen fuel-cell version possible

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Additionally, the new battery technology has an extended temperature range and can be used worldwide in both very cold and warm climates. The first BC202-EV body carrier will be delivered in April 2020 and the new generation YT203-EV terminal tractor will become available at the end of 2020.

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US$105M WESTKÜSTE100 green hydrogen project receives funding approval from German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs

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The funding volume approved for the project’s launch on 1 August 2020 amounts to €30 million. With the adoption of the national hydrogen strategy at the beginning of June 2020, green hydrogen has become the key element in Germany’s energy transition. The project is backed by an investment volume totalling €89 million (US$105M).

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