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Production of 100th GILLIG battery-electric bus

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The milestone bus will be delivered to Metro Transit in St. Louis, Missouri this month. The bus builds upon the legacy of excellence and proven transit performance of the more than 27,000 GILLIG buses in service throughout the United States today. Earlier post.)

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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

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To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit , held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The event was hosted by AeroFarms , an indoor vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J, that has an R&D facility.

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

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass.

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Charging Station Reliability is Crucial as EVs Gain Speed

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EV Connect partners with trusted industry leaders like BTC Power, EVBox and EVOCharge to offer top-of-the-line equipment to our customers. What’s most important here is that you’re building for the future. Build your business’s EV charging network to meet the needs of your workforce in 2031, not 2021.

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Yes, Automakers Stand To Benefit From Installing Public EV Charging Stations

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That’s how Tesla charged to a massive head start — simply by putting as much effort and resources into building its charging network as it did into making its cars. Support Business Confidence Businesses are one of the most important players in building a broad national EV charging infrastructure.

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3 Surprising Marketing Benefits of Electric Car Charging Stations

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This move helps you draw in new customers, attract the best employees and build loyalty to your brand. Build Brand Loyalty Consumer attitudes have been shifting in favor of sustainably minded business for decades now, but this has quickly become a top priority in recent years. A 2020 survey by Consumer Reports showed that 71% of U.S.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Production of lithium-ion cells, modules, and battery packs for industrial and agricultural vehicles and defense application markets.

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