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Raven Transport to deploy 115 additional heavy-duty LNG trucks; Clean Energy expands refueling network

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Florida-based truckload carrier Raven Transport is expanding its clean-burning natural gas fleet with 115 Peterbilt Model 579s, equipped with sleepers and powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to haul goods for a leading consumer packaged goods company. Birmingham, Ala.; Pearl, Miss.; and Theodore, Ala. Charlotte, N.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.;

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Daimler, Blue Bird, IC Bus introduce electric school buses at NAPT

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Integrated exportable power enables the transfer of stored energy on board the bus for use in opportunistic V2G applications. Fuso, a Daimler company, recently introduced the FUSO eCanter, the first all-electric light-duty truck in series production, with sales in the US, Japan and Europe. Earlier post.).

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Blue Bird, Fulton Co. Schools join Audi, Applied Information on connected vehicle deployment to boost school bus and school zone safety

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The Fulton County School System, located in the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area, has also joined the deployment, lending its expertise in school transportation and infrastructure. Blue Bird Corp., to deploy cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology aimed at helping reduce vehicle hazards that school children face every year.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) The total value of the projects is approximately $8.2

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Coca-Cola adding 6 eStar electric trucks to North American delivery fleet

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Atlanta and Miami. The eStar vehicles have been purpose-built for electric power with a low center of gravity and strategic battery placement. The new eStar trucks will be deployed in San Francisco, New York City, Washington, D.C. and Hartford, Conn., with two trucks in Los Angeles.

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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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Amon Schumann’s radiosonde for weather balloons is equipped with a solar-powered battery and GPS. Lynn Bowlby Schumann built a coin-size, solar-powered radiosonde that weighs 4.8 His Small Radiosondes on a Great Mission project was showcased in May at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair held in Atlanta.

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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

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The first station will be installed in Atlanta followed by Chicago, Houston, Denver and Sacramento. school buses, shuttle buses, medium and light duty trucks, etc.), There are more than 300,000 Autogas-powered cars and trucks on the road and more than 5 million forklifts operating in the United States today.

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