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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. As domestic demand increases rapidly, there is an urgent need to develop safe, secure, domestic, and cost-competitive sources of lithium.

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GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles

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In April, Timberline Solar was approved by Miami-Dade County’s Product Control Sector as meeting or exceeding the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requirements of the Florida Building Code standards for safety, wind resistance, and waterproofing. By early August, the company said that 80% of the affected installations had already been fixed.

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J.D. Power: public charging issues may short-circuit EV growth; Volta, Tesla Supercharger rank highest in respective segments

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EV owners in the Miami-Port St. Respondents included 15,079 owners of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Reasons range from the charger being inoperable to long lines to use the charger. The CSAs in Seattle-Tacoma, Denver-Aurora and Dallas-Ft. The 2023 U.S.

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NREL study finds Class 8 hybrid trucks delivered 13.7% higher fuel economy than conventional diesels in comparable usage

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The team found that hybrid fuel costs per mile were 12% less than for the diesels. Hybrid vehicle total cost of operation per mile was 24% less than the cost of operation for the diesel group ($0.74 Eaton hybrid system schematic. Click to enlarge. A random dispatch system ensured the vehicles are used in a similar manner.

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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. ZEV access initiatives (under development), and an additional approximately $25 million spent on the operational costs of running Electrify America (e.g., personnel, other business expenses).

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The vast majority of the funded projects are for battery-electric buses and infrastructure; two projects are receiving a total of $3.2 The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion.

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How Federal and State Government Incentives Make It Easy to Become an EV Owner

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A certain percentage of the value of the battery’s critical minerals must be either extracted or processed in the US or in a country that has a free-trade agreement with the US; or the battery must be recycled within North America. From 2026-2029, the minimum battery component requirement increases 10% each year.