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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. Louis have the highest concentration of superusers among US metro areas.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Louis chapter spreads the message locally. Caravan of GEVA EVs leave the Saint Louis Science Center McDonnell Planetarium. The Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA) has forged partnerships in the St. Louis area that have proved successful in expanding outreach. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Louis chapter spreads the message locally. Caravan of GEVA EVs leave the Saint Louis Science Center McDonnell Planetarium. The Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA) has forged partnerships in the St. Louis area that have proved successful in expanding outreach. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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APRA-E awards WUSTL $2M to develop predictive battery management system for plug-in vehicles; targeting more efficient use

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A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) will receive $2 million from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to design a predictive battery management system for lithium-ion batteries to guarantee their longevity, safety and performance. The School of Engineering & Applied Science is providing $1.2

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., San Jose, Calif. National Energy Technology Laboratory.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

The late Jack Rickard of EVTV , a long time member of Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA), is something of a legend at the St. Louis, Missouri chapter. His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. “He Jack Rikard on EVTV. That was his motto.”

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis, and north of Florida. If you want to have an in-depth discussion about EVs, solar installation, or anything environmental, you don’t need the usual 5-minute pre-conversation.