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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Cummins Inc.

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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation

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Instead, more than a month after the cruise was abruptly canceled, one couple is stranded in an Istanbul hotel and on the verge of becoming homeless; another woman has moved to Ecuador because she can’t afford to pay her mortgage; and a man, recently diagnosed with cancer, has delayed his treatment because he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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Researchers Dana Rubin and Evelyne St-Louis, two recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s master’s program in city and regional planning, analyzed 98,901 rebates issued to Californians buying or leasing low-emission vehicles from the inception of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project in 2010 through March 2015.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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government mandates expanding EV charging availability at Federal buildings and workplaces, to say nothing of local governments and municipalities everywhere from St. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. Already, the U.S. Charging Forward Taken in tandem, these four tailwinds will power a bright future for EV charging.