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UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

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UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. to design the vehicles from the ground up.

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Transit and transportation agencies form national Automated Bus Consortium; initial purchase of 75-100 automated buses

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An association of transit and transportation agencies has formed the Automated Bus Consortium (Consortium), a collaboration designed to investigate the feasibility of implementing pilot automated bus projects across the United States. The Consortium will make an expected initial purchase of 75 to 100 full-sized, automated buses.

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

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Chromatin’s SweetFuel hybrids are designed to capture the value of sugars produced in sorghum juice as well as the additional value of the energy stored in biomass or bagasse. Replacing fossil fuels with an energy crop requires a systems approach. —David Jessen. Chromatin, Inc.

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AI and Machine Learning Salaries Drop

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These numbers do not consider cost of living, which generally gives Austin a significant edge, particularly if you want to buy a house). But the biggest growth in salaries came outside these two tech hubs, with Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago all recording double-digit increases, according to the Dice analysis.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will receive funds to purchase battery electric buses, plug-in chargers, and one on-route/opportunity charger to replace diesel buses that have far exceeded their useful lives. Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX).

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Direct air capture of carbon dioxide is a key technology that not only reduces the cost of algae biofuel production, but greatly increases the volume of algae biofuel that can be produced by enabling algae farms to be located anywhere. Project partners include Petron Scientech, Byogy Renewables, Birla Carbon, and Clark Atlanta University.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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TRANSNET project teams will design and test new network optimization approaches, coupled with novel transportation and mobility simulations, to improve the energy efficiency of personal transportation. Project teams will each design a system model that dynamically simulates an urban transportation network and its energy use.