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DOE, DOT collaborate to improve public transportation efficiency and effectiveness using data and technology

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VTO’s Energy Efficiency Mobility Systems (EEMS) program conducts system-level research to improve mobility, affordability, and energy efficiency at the transportation system level. Public transportation plays a key role in an efficient and affordable transportation system providing a natural opportunity for inter-agency collaboration.

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Enterprise CarShare expands to Salt Lake City

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Enterprise CarShare, a service offered through the Enterprise Rent-A-Car local network, launched in Salt Lake City with vehicles at nearly 30 locations throughout the downtown area and on local university campuses. Salt Lake becomes the seventh major retail market to offer Enterprise CarShare in the past two years.

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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. The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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Additionally, in coordination with the US Department of Transportation through the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, DOE announced its intent to release funding to address barriers to a cleaner, safer, more affordable, and more reliable Made in America EV charging network.

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Sun Catalytix Signs $4M ARPA-E Contract and Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Affordable Catalysts for Water Splitting

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In addition to Deutch, the SAB includes: MIT Chemistry Professor Daniel Nocera (Sun Catalytix founder); Harvard University Professor George Whitesides; Washington University Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry Mark Wrighton; MIT Chemical Engineering Professor Kenneth Smith; and University of Utah Distinguished Professor Henry White.

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Wireless EV Charging On-The-Go Coming To PA Turnpike

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In-road, wireless EV charging is one way to make electric vehicles more affordable and avert the impending EV charging apocalypse.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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Rather, the original spark often comes from a university lab , a renegade group at a large company, or a hobbyist building stuff for fun. That kind of computing power was not affordable in the mid-1970s. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah.

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