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WVU NAFTC partners with Tesla Motors for professional development and electric drive vehicle first responder safety training

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The NAFTC, a program of West Virginia University, has produced the Electric Drive Vehicle First Responder Safety Training, a curriculum developed under the NAFTC’s Advanced Electric Drive Vehicle Education Program, funded by the US Department of Energy. Online courses will be available in 2012. Scheduled for 6-7 Dec., Morgantown, W.

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First $300M tranche of VW National ZEV investment targets charging infrastructure; 150kW+ fast charging on highway network

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Volkswagen Group of America has created Electrify America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered in Reston, Virginia, to fulfill its Appendix C commitments. First tranche.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Indiana, will work to make existing municipal fueling stations available to. Greater Portland. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. the District of Columbia, Maryland and northern Virginia will develop. Council of. Governments. assessment and labeling.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Lockheed Martin MS2 (Manassas, Virginia) will validate the ability to numerically model the dynamic interactions between a large cold water pipe and a floating ocean thermal energy conversion platform in various meteorological and ocean conditions. DOE Funding: $2,400,000. Total Project Value: $4,000,000. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Infrastructure Tax Credits

EV Connect

With so many options available, EV Connect can be your guide to taking advantage of the EV charging infrastructure tax credits in your state, and making sure you make the smartest choice possible for an investment that will help your business succeed now and in the future. And good news — this tax credit has been extended through 2021.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Volkswagen Group of America created Electrify America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered in Reston, Virginia, to fulfill its Appendix C commitments. Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Rebecca DeWhitt charges her electric vehicle in the driveway of the Portland, Ore., With new EVs costing on average $61,488 at the end of 2022 and being scarcely affordable for the average American family, they are out of reach for the average rental household. home she rents on 30 September 2022. and SK Energy.