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Balqon to build electric buses in China with SAIG

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California-based Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium battery storage devices ( earlier post ), has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with China-based Sichuan Automobile Industry Co., Sichuan Automobile Industry Co. Ltd (SAIG) to manufacture inner-city electric buses.

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Delaware adopting California’s ZEV regulations

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In states already in the program, the automobile industry has successfully met the required percentage. million grant program to expand Delaware’s electric charging network. Each year, manufacturers must meet a ZEV credit amount that is based on average annual sales. DNREC Secretary Shawn M. In November, DNREC also announced a $1.4

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Kolhapur has potential to be auto component mfg hub: Gadkari – ET Auto

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Gadkari said India had become the third largest country in the world in the automobile sector. Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said Kolhapur had the potential to become a hub for manufacturing automobile components and that govt was looking to turn the ethanol industry into a INR 2-lakh-crore sector.

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Battery startup Anzode receives $1.7M to develop new generation of non-lithium batteries

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million award for a three-year effort to develop a new generation of non-lithium batteries, as part of the California Energy Commission (CEC) Grant Funding Opportunity “Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies to Support California’s Clean Energy Goals.” ( GFO-19-305 ). Battery startup Anzode Inc. has received a $1.7-million

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Anzode gets $1.7-million CEC grant for non-lithium batteries

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million award for a three-year effort to develop a new generation of non-lithium batteries, as part of the California Energy Commission (CEC) Grant Funding Opportunity “Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies to Support California’s Clean Energy Goals.” Battery startup Anzode has received a $1.7-million

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West Virginia Univ. receives $1.15M grant for second hydrogen production-fueling station in state; focus on fossil-fuel-to-hydrogen

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million grant to develop the state’s second hydrogen production-fueling station. By building and operating a new hydrogen fueling station in Morgantown, West Virginia University will demonstrate running automobiles on hydrogen fuel made from coal-powered electricity.

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California Grants Cruise and Waymo Expansion Approval

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They’re envisioning a future where for-hire automobiles whisk residents around town without a driver and never crash. Dozens of them stood outside the Public Utilities Commission State of California building in yellow shirts, holding signs that pointed out that 40,000 lives a year were lost in traffic accidents.