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ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

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The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon results reflect net-zero carbon goals for electricity generation.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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In China, the company has been introducing EV models while utilizing local resources; Honda will further accelerate this approach from here forward. Honda will also further pursue the utilization of local resources, which includes strengthening our collaboration with CATL for the supply of batteries. Advanced Battery Technology.

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Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

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Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233544

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DOE awards $27.5M to 16 water infrastructure projects

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These projects, operating in 13 states, have the potential to reduce carbon emissions and water-treatment costs while improving water quality and equity of distribution nationwide. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

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Researchers investigate super-knock in SI engines running on hydrogen/methane blends

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Using blends of hydrogen and methane as fuels in internal combustion engines is a promising strategy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Resources Swapnil Desai, Yujie Tao, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Yunchao Wu, Tianfeng Lu, Jacqueline H. The results are published in the journal Combustion and Flame. 2022.112277.

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UNL-led team greatly increases hydrogen production by T maritima; breaking the theoretical limit

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Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with colleagues from North Carolina State University and the University of Connecticut, have engineered the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima to produce 46% more hydrogen per cell than the wild type. The team’s highest reported yield—5.7

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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