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DOE revises petroleum equivalency factor for EVs, tightening CAFE requirements – Charged EVs

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The Petroleum Equivalency Factor (PEF) is used by the EPA to assess automakers’ compliance with the DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. In 2021, the NRDC and Sierra Club petitioned the DOE to update the regulations, which included a “multiplier” that significantly inflated the calculated fuel economy of EVs.

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Electric cars and SUVs help charge Tata Motors FY2024 performance | Autocar Professional

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What’s more, as per the company’s data chart, Tata Motors’ EV charging network has also grown sizeably – it’s a five-fold increase over three fiscals – from 2,000 chargers to 5,314 units in FY2023 and 10,065 chargers in FY2024. store network. Starting with the recently launched Punch EV, the Acti.EV The made-in-India acti.ev

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New bipartisan bill in US Congress to expand EV and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits

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The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp., The Nature Conservancy, Toyota Motor North America, Union of Concerned Scientists, Volkswagen Group of America, and Volta. The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp.,

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Two US EV Charging Station Firsts

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A public station with charging ports for more types of Electric Vehicles (EVs) than anything before it opened Saturday in Woodland, CA near Sacramento. Teslas, RAV4 EVs, Ford Rangers, Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, even EV conversions can be charged at the six-port station, in the parking lot of the new Woodland Gateway Shopping Center.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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As a former top corporate subject matter expert, I took a very deep made myself a environmental resource for others in my reincarnation as The Creative Greenius and author of this blog. Now we were an all EV family charging our cars on the free solar energy falling like money from the sky. Installing the 5.2 I signed up to reserve one.

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DOE awards $3.9M to 13 projects using high performance computing in manufacturing; Ford, LanzaTech

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Ford Motor Company will partner with ANL to study the effect of dimensional tolerances on the cylinder-to-cylinder variation in engine performance in a project titled “CFD Study of Impact of Part-to-Part Variations on Spark-Ignition Engine Charge Formation.”. LanzaTech Inc. Arconic, Inc.

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SpaceX, ULA awarded eight more US military launch contracts

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According to SpaceNews, ULA was awarded $566 million (~$113 million per launch) and SpaceX was awarded $280 million for its three contracts, meaning that SpaceX is charging an unusually high ~$93 million per Falcon 9 launch. You asked for video – we listened.

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