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Albuquerque Faces Opposition To EV Charging Requirement For Developers

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When it comes to EV charging, everyone wants someone else to do it. That’s the challenge I’ve seen as I’ve pushed for more EV charging in rural New Mexico. Businesses want a charging company to pay for the station.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far.

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DOE To Award $104.7M to Establish Research and Testing Facilities for Carbon Fiber Manufacturing, Advanced Batteries, and Net-Zero Energy Building Technology

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Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) will receive $4.2 Abusive testing includes such conditions as over charging, over discharge, short circuits, fire and external heat exposure. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) will receive $2 million to establish a Battery Thermal and Life Test Facility.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). Brooklyn, New York).

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Mayors Join Drive

Plug In Partners

With gas prices now near $3 per-gallon, plug-in hybrids offer the potential for a consumer to save on their fuel charges as an ‘electric’ gallon of gas is less than $1. Chavez of Albuquerque, Mayor David Berger of Lima, OH, Mayor Kitty Piercy of Eugene, OR, and Mayor Miguel Pulido of Santa Ana, CA. Become a Partner today.

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