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EV News: EV everywhere

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Marking $125M incentive for Rivian plant at Georgia state capitol. EV towing Ready for a serious haul Many EVs available today are engineered to tow substantial weight. Inifniti QS concept. EV incentives States step up to the plate Many states are creating and promoting big purchase incentives to speed up EV adoption.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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The detailed GPS data was collected by state agencies in Texas, Georgia, and California, using special data loggers installed in cars to assess statewide driving patterns. Developing the concepts and mathematical models required for a testable, quantitative analysis is helpful in these situations, where so much is at stake.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation, EDISON – Efficient DC Interrupter with Surge Protection – $3,000,000. Georgia Tech is proposing a novel hybrid direct-current (DC) circuit breaker technology that will enable multi- terminal DC power systems.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The projects were selected through a merit-based process from thousands of concept papers and hundreds of full applications. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. Georgia Institute. The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) will develop a. by national labs; and 1.5%

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