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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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The system opens a new door for San Francisco to get to zero emissions by 2035, as each bus will now be able to drive on clean electric power through each of the areas – known as “green zones.” —Steve Trichka, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Power and Propulsion Solutions business.

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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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ARPA-E’s RANGE program seeks to improve EV driving range and reduce vehicle costs by re-envisioning the total EV battery system, rather than working to increase the energy density of individual battery cells. For example, Solid Power located in Louisville, CO will receive approximately $3.5 Air Battery. 760,000.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., Six months later, at the Urban Circuit event, held at an unfinished nuclear power station in Satsop, Wash., By the time teams reached the SubT Final Event in the Louisville Mega Cavern, the focus was on autonomy rather than communications. The caverns are dark. They’re dusty. They’re humid.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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