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Saft begins deliveries of first lithium-ion batteries produced by new Jacksonville plant

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Jacksonville, Florida. The first deliveries from Jacksonville have included hundreds of cells for battery assembly for European customers. —Dan Miller, Jacksonville operations manager. Saft also received incentives from the state of Florida and the city of Jacksonville.

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Retro Styling Kit Appears for the Toyota Tacoma

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The new kit is made solely for the American market, which makes sense since the Tacoma can be in short supply in Japan compared to Jacksonville. & Figure on a two- to five-month build time, which is one heckuva range estimate. Sometimes the old-school rectilinear lines don’t flow with contemporary cues.

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

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority. FY2017 Low-No projects. Broward County.

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Video Friday: Robotics After Hours

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YouTube ] The Apellix Opus X8 Softwash (SW) system cleaning the University of Florida Shands Hospital building in Jacksonville, Florida. AeroVironment ] We are excited to announce the availability of Skydio 2+, our newest drone, which adds important battery-, range-, controller-, and autonomy-software improvements.

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How to Build a Power Grid on the Moon

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A combination of insulation, reflection, and energy produced from solar panels works to keep the entire spacecraft within an acceptable temperature range throughout its flight. The system we intend to build on the moon, dubbed LunaGrid, will consist of a network of solar-power generating stations, or nodes, connected by transmission cables.

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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Jacksonville, Fla. These totals reflect GM’s recently announced plans to build a future small car in the US. GM will launch the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010, expects to have 14 hybrid models in production by 2012, and will have 65% of vehicles alternative-fuel capable by 2014. Close: Dec 2010.

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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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Jacksonville, FL. Outfitting of a high-volume manufacturing facility to build DC Bus Capacitors for the electric drive vehicle industry. ETEC and its partner Nissan will demonstrate up to 5,000 Nissan electric vehicles with a 100 mile range and deploy up to 12,500 Level 2 and 250 Level 3 chargers. Brownstown, MI. Powerex, Inc.

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