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ICL breaks ground on $400M LFP battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis

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ICL, a global specialty minerals company, celebrated the groundbreaking of its battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis, which is expected to be the first large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility in the US. The new plant will be located on ICL’s existing Carondelet campus in St.

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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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7 Scholarships Exclusively for Women Studying Engineering

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But many people cannot afford to pursue a STEM degree. The 2U Scholarship program is available only to students at George Washington University , American University , Syracuse University , Washington University in St. Louis , and the University of California, Berkeley. Earhart was one of many female pioneers in the industry.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said. That affordability threshold is very important,” Musk said in June. “It I’d love to hear from you!

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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. AOI 11: Improving Mobility, Affordability, and Energy Efficiency Through Transit. Roush Industries.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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The electric vehicle industry is officially supercharged. I have watched the EV industry expand and grow at a modest rate over the past 10 years. The momentum is building and the industry is about to have massive growth — more than ever before. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. Already, the U.S.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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When the center opened in 1970, it was unlike other major industrial research laboratories; its work wasn’t tied, even loosely, to its corporate parent’s current product lines. Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Pake, a longtime friend, to run it.

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