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Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

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Tritium, a global developer and manufacturer of DC fast chargers for EVs, and Miller Technology , a supplier of mobile mining equipment for safety and productivity, are partnering to provide fast chargers and light-duty battery EVs for the mining industry. —Paul Summers, Miller Technology’s Lead Battery Electric Vehicle Engineer.

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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The company produces and markets biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable natural gas, and is currently building hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California. Renewable gasoline blend can notably reduce lifecycle emissions and be used in the existing automotive fleet and with the existing fueling network, Chevron said.

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GM Ventures invests in nano-structured steel alloys company NanoSteel; potential for light-weighting

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General Motors Ventures LLC has invested in NanoSteel Company, a developer of proprietary nano-structured steel material. The NanoSteel design is an alternative to other light-weighting materials which may cost more, require new investment in parts production and have performance limitations.

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PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

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Additionally, PG&E expects to learn more about the overall customer experience to help inform future collaborations as this emerging technology becomes more readily available. Today, we are seeing breakthrough opportunities at the intersection of the energy and transportation industries.

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EPA finalizes greenhouse gas standards for LDVs MY 2023-2026

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for Model Years (MY) 2023 through 2026. With these new rules, however, EPS is finalizing flexibility provisions that are narrower than proposed.

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Plus.ai, FAW Jiefang form JV to develop self-driving trucks for China; first production-class L2 semi-autonomous truck

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The two companies have been working together over the last two years to address the growing demands for trucking in China, where more than 6.1 trillion metric ton-kilometers of freight are moved by a fleet of more than 5 million heavy-duty trucks and more than 14 million light- and medium-duty trucks.

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Velodyne Lidar introduces its smallest lidar sensor at CES: the $100 Velabit

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Baraja LiDAR is the only system available today using randomly modulated continuous wave technology that completely blocks interference from other LiDARs and environmental light sources. At CES 2020, Baraja, developer of Spectrum-Scan LiDAR, is unveiling its next-generation sensing platform with inherent interference immunity.

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