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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C. The converted hybrids were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation, which provided the hybrid-electric systems ( earlier post ). over the past six months.

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Is standard lithium LTD a sham?

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Albemarle : Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a market cap of $26.8bn. This project is in partnership with Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) and Jujuy Energía y Minería Sociedad del Estado (JEMSE). million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent with an estimated 40-year mine life. It reported a revenue of 2020 $839.26

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada: $3,000,000.

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BMW Announces National Adaptive EV Charging System Expansion

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That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted. Those vehicles come with the required hardware that provides access to the relevant regional electrical grid carbon data that allow ChargeForward to recommend ideal times to recharge.&

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington).

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Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

In 2018, S T O W E A W A Y A R T was founded by traveling creative enthusiast and our very own internal Creative Designer Charlotte Stowe. myenergi have chosen a print which Charlotte describes as “being alive with blue electric” and shares her story behind the print.

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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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Primary lithium chemistries include: manganese spinel cathode and lithium titanate anode for high power applications, as well as manganese spinel cathode and amorphous carbon for high energy applications. General Motors Corporation. Charlotte, NC Aiken, SC. Production of battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide.

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