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Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Xcel Energy will help lead the way in its own operations, with plans to electrify all sedans by 2023, electrify all light-duty vehicles by 2030 and have 30% of its medium- and heavy-duty vehicles electrified by 2030.

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DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

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University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. High Pressure Fast Response Direct Injection System for Liquified Gas Fuels Use in Light-Duty Engines. Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) Electrification - GHG Reductions and Commercialization of New Technology in Construction Vehicles Fleet. Cummins Inc.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research.

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DOE awarding $10M to 8 transportation technology incubator projects; single-fuel RCCI with reformer

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Statically and Dynamically Stable Lithium-sulfur Batteries This project will develop an innovative polysulfide blocking layer to develop lithium-sulfur batteries for automotive applications. 1,400,000.  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. University of Texas Austin. Vanderbilt University. Intermolecular Inc.

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GM is building a new battery research facility in Michigan. GM Setting sights on 600 General Motors is envisioning the development of batteries with 600 miles of range at its new battery research center. Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It’s been a wild ride. Rivian truck.

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Stay on top of the EV news

Electric Auto Association

GM is building a new battery research facility in Michigan. GM Setting sights on 600 General Motors is envisioning the development of batteries with 600 miles of range at its new battery research center. Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It’s been a wild ride. Rivian truck.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support projects specifically focused on advanced high-voltage electrolytes for batteries and advanced engine and powertrain technologies to improve vehicle fuel efficiency. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2 Drive Oregon. United Parcel Service.

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