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Ford and Georgia Tech partner on hydraulic hybrid school bus conversion

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The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the US’ first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project.

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DOE awards $150M to Southern Company to test advanced carbon-capture & gasification technologies

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Under the agreement, which will be managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Southern Company (Atlanta, Ga.) will test both pre- and post-combustion carbon-capture technologies, as well as materials and processes that support advanced fossil-fuel conversion systems, primarily coal gasification.

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Chromatin announces dual-purpose hybrid sorghum for sugar and bioenergy production

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Chromatin’s Chief Technology Officer, David Jessen, presented data on SweetFuel hybrids at the International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference and BioPro Expo in Atlanta. —David Jessen.

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DOE awarding up to $13.4M for 5 projects for advanced biofuels and bioproducts

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Two of these selections will address research efforts on the efficient conversion of biogas (a mixture of gases generated from the biological breakdown of organic material) to valuable products other than power. million to develop a conversion process demonstrating the production of muconic acid from biogas. American Process, Inc.

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AMPLY Power: Top 25 US cities could save avg. 37% on fuel costs by switching to electric vehicles and buses; up to 60% with managed charging

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In the study, AMPLY suggests that rates structures in the Top 25 Metros are best understood by comparing two cities with drastically different rate design: Atlanta and San Francisco: For the most part, Atlanta’s pricing structure minimally provides an optimization incentive. San Francisco, conversely, has extreme time-variable rates.

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Alliance Autogas showcases converted F650/F-750 LPG bi-fuel truck

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Alliance AutoGas showcased a Ford F-650/F-750 tractor featuring a Bi-Fuel AutoGas System at the recent AutoGas Pavilion at the NPGA Propane Expo in Atlanta. Westport’s Prins VSI system “plug and play” conversion on the 2016 Ford F650/F-750 requires no intake manifold drilling, cutting, or splicing of wiring. Earlier post.).

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Tesla’s vehicles expected to get Grok voice assistant—but when?

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” Try Grok voice conversation mode! . “So you will just be able to talk to your Tesla and ask for anything.” Requires a Premium+ or SuperGrok subscription.