Charlotte Launches Electric Bus Pilot Testing 18 Electric Buses From 3 Companies
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 27, 2021
By Irene Nielson & Zak Accuardi, co-written with Catherine Kummer, Climate Advisor for the City of Charlotte. Article courtesy of NRDC.
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Charlotte Douglas International Airport to buy 5 Proterra electric buses; 9th airport
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JUNE 18, 2019
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) has agreed to purchase five 35-foot Proterra Catalyst E2 electric buses and five 125 kW Proterra plug-in charging systems.
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GILLIG posts highest score for battery-electric bus at Altoona
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DECEMBER 20, 2022
GILLIG Battery Electric Bus by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Charlotte, North Carolina. GILLIG announced that it received the highest-ever score for a battery-electric bus tested at Altoona, with a total score of 89.5. Report Number: LTI-BT-R2021-12 ).
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Albemarle lithium net sales up 410% in Q4 2022 to $2.1B
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FEBRUARY 17, 2023
In December 2022, Albemarle acquired a location in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it plans to invest at least $180 million to establish the Albemarle Technology Park, a facility designed for novel materials research, advanced process development, and acceleration of next-generation lithium products to market. Adjusted EBITDA of $1.2
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QM Power and University of Kentucky demonstrate 50 kW/liter electric motor; DOE 2025 power density goal
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OCTOBER 29, 2021
The announcement was made at the 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) by the joint team of researchers including Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, SMIEEE, of QM Power, who also holds a tenured faculty position at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Dr. Dan M. Ionel, FIEEE, who serves as the inaugural L.
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Ferguson collaborates with Ford on F550 Fuel Cell Prototype
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
As part of this collaboration, Ferguson will also prepare a location in Charlotte, NC for the installation of temporary infrastructure equipment for the duration of the pilot.
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Scout Motors selects South Carolina for first plant; $2B investment, 200k units per year
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MARCH 4, 2023
Bordered by I-77 and Blythewood Road, its strategic location is less than 20 miles north of Columbia and near major cities and talent hubs such as Charleston, Charlotte, Greenville, and Atlanta. The site spans approximately 1,600 acres, with the plant itself occupying 1,100 acres. Rendering of plant at its location.
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Eight Graphs that Explain Software Engineering Salaries in 2023
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MARCH 17, 2023
salaries up 19 percent and Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte, in fact, edged out Austin for number nine in Dice’s rankings, and every cost-of-living calculator I checked considers Charlotte to be a significantly cheaper place to live. Some tech hubs are reducing the gap, however, with Tampa, Fla., salaries up 11 percent.
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Albemarle to build $180M lithium materials research facility in N Carolina
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DECEMBER 14, 2022
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, has acquired a location in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it will invest at least $180 million to establish the Albemarle Technology Park (ATP), a world-class facility designed for novel materials research, advanced process development, and acceleration of next-generation (..)
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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow
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MAY 10, 2022
The company’s expert technicians will install the systems at its facilities in Charlotte and Statesville, North Carolina; Springfield, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Dublin, Virginia; and Mineral Wells, West Virginia. In addition to environmental benefits, using eTRU technology reduces fuel and maintenance costs.
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Arrival to build high-voltage battery plant in North Carolina capable of 350k modules a year
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DECEMBER 6, 2021
million High Voltage Battery Module (HVBM) assembly plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. EV automaker Arrival has announced plans to build a $11.5 The new battery facility will add 150 jobs and join two Arrival facilities already established in the US city.
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Tesla Model 3 Road Trip Review — Finishing Our Transcontinental Tesla Trip To California
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FEBRUARY 26, 2022
We’ve recently driven our Tesla Model 3 from our daughter’s house near Charlotte North Carolina, to Salt Lake City Utah. With 2 Million Teslas Sold, Is the Tesla Supercharger Network Keeping Up? Just now we finished the last leg of our transcontinental Model 3 adventure on February 14, 2022, driving from the Salt Lake City, […].
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Oerlikon expands additive manufacturing R&D and production capacity in the US
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FEBRUARY 10, 2017
Oerlikon is expanding its global additive manufacturing (AM) business with a state-of-the-art R&D and production facility for additively manufactured advanced components in the Charlotte metro area in North Carolina, USA. The addition of the new site in Charlotte brings Oerlikon’s AM network to four locations globally.
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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot
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AUGUST 19, 2022
million households and businesses in central and western North Carolina, including Charlotte, Durham and the Triad. Duke Energy and Ford are also collaborating on a complimentary small-scale research and development test in Florida to begin in 2023. Duke Energy Carolinas serves about 2.1
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Riding the tide
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MAY 5, 2022
Charlotte chapter meets new challenges from the increase in EV demand. Since the recent rise in interest in electric vehicles (EVs), Charlotte Electric Vehicle Association (CEVA) President Jess Montgomery has become the go-to EV expert in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. CEVA President Jess Montgomery.
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NHTSA ODI opens preliminary evaluation of Tesla Autopilot following 11 crashes at first responder scenes
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AUGUST 17, 2021
The eleven crashes of concern to ODI are: Date. City/County. 07/10/2021. 05/19/2021. 03/17/2021. 02/27/2021. Montgomery County. 08/26/2020. 07/30/2020. Cochise County. 01/22/2020. West Bridgewater. 12/29/2019. Cloverdale. 12/10/2019. 05/29/2018. Laguna Beach. 01/22/2018. Culver City.
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CarMax leads unutilized used-vehicle tally
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MAY 20, 2023
EchoPark, of Charlotte, N.C., CarShop, of Chester Springs, Pa., bought 71,242 older cars in 2022, up 12 p.c from the former presen. bought 64,107 older cars in 2022, unwell 18 p.c. Penske’s CarShop comprises gross sales from the U.Ok. The usa’s Automobile-Mart, of Rogers, Ark.,
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LMP Automotive Holdings’ sale of 6 dealerships terminated
Baua Electric
OCTOBER 6, 2022
5 for its Florida Kia dealerships in Port Charlotte and Cape Coral, Read more. Within the regulatory submitting, LMP mentioned it entered into asset buy agreements with Atlantic Coast Automotive on Aug. The post LMP Automotive Holdings’ sale of 6 dealerships terminated appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.
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52 US DOE awards EPRI $5.1M for advanced nuclear technology
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AUGUST 16, 2020
EPRI) of Palo Alto, California and Charlotte, North Carolina to: Develop and establish MIC-EBW capability at a major US fabricator. The EPRI project was selected under the Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway: Establishing Modular In-Chamber Electron Beam Welding (MIC-EBW) Phase II – Under this proposal, DOE will award $5.1
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More than 1,000 fuel stations offering E15 in US
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OCTOBER 13, 2017
Many of these are in major metropolitan areas including: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Leading retailers including Casey’s, Cenex, Family Express, Kum & Go, Kwik Trip, MAPCO, Minnoco, Murphy USA, Protec Fuel, QuikTrip, RaceTrac, Sheetz, and Thorntons all currently offer E15 at 1,039 locations across the US.
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Asplundh adds medium-duty propane autogas F-650 trucks to fleet
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OCTOBER 23, 2014
The most complex unit is a bucket truck equipped with a 58-foot aerial lift that is operating in the Charlotte area, pruning trees away from power lines. Currently, Asplundh has two Ford F-650 trucks powered by ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel systems.
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New IACMI collaboration to develop advanced carbon fiber for hydrogen, natural gas storage tanks; $2.7M DOE award
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JULY 31, 2020
High Energy Sales, based in Charlotte, NC, will provide technical support on equipment and process design, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. JR Automation headquartered in Holland, MI, will design and fabricate the melt processing equipment at its facility in Nashville, TN.
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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while
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MAY 19, 2023
Charlotte, N.C.; Past the Albuquerque, Austin and Colorado Springs places, AutoNation USA has shops in Phoenix and Avondale, Ariz. Denver has two retail outlets, and there are shops in Kennesaw, Ga.; Louis; Henderson, Nev.; and Charleston, S.C. Alternative places in Texas come with Corpus Christi, Houston, Katy and San Antonio.
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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging
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DECEMBER 6, 2022
The pilot program offers mobile charging for free to AAA members in San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Avon, Peabody and West Springfield, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bend and Portland, Oregon.
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Nissan expands “No Charge to Charge” program expands to 10 new US markets
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AUGUST 4, 2016
Charlotte, N.C. Nissan has expanded its “No Charge to Charge” program to 10 new markets, continuing the push to provide LEAF owners with no-cost public charging. The program offers new LEAF buyers free public charging for the first two years of ownership The 10 new markets are: Charleston, S.C. Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. Tampa/St.
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EPA awards Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Tennessee Assembly Plant a first annual Rain Catcher Award
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AUGUST 20, 2014
The award was given at an award ceremony during the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4/International Erosion Control Association Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater Conference, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Volkswagen Group’s Chattanooga facility is the world’s first LEED Platinum Certified Automotive Facility.
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JUNE 19, 2018
Zap&Go Ltd is a technology company based at the Harwell Research Campus, Oxford with a US office in Charlotte, NC. The time is right to demonstrate that our Carbon-Ion technology can deliver safe, fast charging. —Stephen Voller, CEO and founder of Zap&Go.
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Li-ion Separator Supplier Celgard Expanding Production in North Carolina
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JANUARY 21, 2010
and a leading supplier of microporous separators used in lithium-ion batteries, plans to expand capacity at its existing Charlotte, North Carolina facility and build a new manufacturing site in Concord, North Carolina. In the first phase, Celgard will add capacity at its existing Charlotte, North Carolina facility.
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Nissan partners with oil company for electric-car fast charging sites in Charlotte
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
It's one of the questions for future electric-car charging infrastructure: what about putting them at gas stations? On the one hand, drivers are used to going to gas stations, which are often conveniently located on both local and long-distance routes. On the other hand, gas-station stops generally take 10 to 15 minutes at most, while even fast.
FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities
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JUNE 5, 2020
Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. 3,723,712.
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IMPCO Automotive selected to provide CNG conversions in new Isuzu ship-through process
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MAY 18, 2012
As part of the ship-through process, Isuzu trucks built at the Charlotte, Michigan plant will be transported to IMPCO’s OEM Automotive conversion facility in Union City, Indiana for CNG system installation. GVWR) trucks to CNG operation. Upon completion, vehicles will be returned to ICTA for North American distribution.
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JUNE 15, 2015
The gasoline-powered models will be assembled in the United States in Charlotte, Mich. The Chevrolet trucks, in regular-cab and crew-cab body styles, will offer the GM-sourced 6.0L V-8 gasoline engine and six-speed automatic transmission, or the Isuzu-sourced 3.0L turbo-diesel engines, depending on the model.
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iRobot Launches Create 3, with ROS 2 Built In
Cars That Think
APRIL 5, 2022
For more details on the Create 3, we spoke with Charlotte Redman, iRobot's product manager, and Steven Shamlian, principal electrical engineer. Charlotte Redman: Part of iRobot’s DNA is STEM education. IEEE Spectrum: Why is the Create important to iRobot?
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UQM Technologies to display new PowerPhase HD electric drive system at 2012 HTUF
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
will display the new PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive system at the upcoming Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck Users Forum (HTUF) national conference and expo in Charlotte, NC. UQM Technologies, Inc.
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Camber Ridge opening $60M tire testing facility with 0.5-mile oval indoor track
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AUGUST 6, 2015
The new facility is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the midst of the region’s growing automotive research and manufacturing cluster. The facility aims to offer all the advantages of testing real tires on real surfaces, but with the precision, environmental control and repeatability of a laboratory environment.
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UPA installs 500 kWh containerized Li-ion system from BYD for grid storage
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NOVEMBER 6, 2012
The 40-foot unit is located in south Charlotte and has several BYD-vertically integrated components including a 200 kW bi-directional, UL-compliant BYD inverter with BYD’s 500 kWh Iron Phosphate battery. Expected service life of the Iron-Phosphate batteries is more than 25 years.
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246 NREL and BESC discovery explains higher biomass degrading activity of C. thermocellum; potential boon for cellulosic biofuels
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FEBRUARY 6, 2016
Other authors from the BioEnergy Science Center are Charlotte Wilson, Dawn M. Donohoe, Charlotte Wilson, Dawn M. Klingeman, Daniel G. Olson, Richard J. Giannone, Robert L. Hettich, Steven D. Brown, Lee R. Lynd, and Edward A. Qi Xu, Michael G. Resch, Kara Podkaminer, Shihui Yang, John O. Baker, Bryon S. Klingeman, Daniel G.
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myenergi named Global Britain Business Champion for 2021
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Photographer: Charlotte Stowe. Recently shipping its 100,000th unit, myenergi exports worldwide and operates subsidiaries in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands. myenergi production staff manufacturing products here in the UK. Model: Jolene Davis. During 2020, myenergi experienced record growth, with profitability increasing by 2,250%.
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98 Raven Transport to deploy 115 additional heavy-duty LNG trucks; Clean Energy expands refueling network
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APRIL 1, 2015
Charlotte, N.C.; Clean Energy will support this fleet by opening truck-friendly natural gas fueling stations in Atlanta, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Pearl, Miss.; and Theodore, Ala. The fleet will also fuel at Clean Energy’s existing Albany, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Houston Baytown, Texas; Latta, S.C.; and Valdosta, Ga., Newnan, Ga.; Ocala, Fla.;
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Tesla Autopilot probe upgraded by NHTSA to examine emergency vehicle collisions
Teslarati
JUNE 9, 2022
The agency cited numerous crashes, including ones in Culver City and Laguna Beach, California; Norwalk, Connecticut; Cloverdale, Indiana; West Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Cochise County, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina, Montgomery County, Texas; Lansing, Michigan; and Miami, Florida.
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SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
The researchers still don’t know exactly why this surface layer is so active, although the theorists, including SUNCAT graduate students Colin Dickens and Charlotte Kirk, have provided some ideas. Dickens, Kazunori Nishio, Yasuyuki Hikita, Joseph Montoya, Andrew Doyle, Charlotte Kirk, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Harold Y. Seitz, Colin F.
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MAY 9, 2011
The survey of 105 fleet managers, conducted recently at the 2011 NAFA Institute & Expo in Charlotte, found that driver safety and cost savings were also top areas of concern. Corporate fleet managers rate higher and more volatile fuel prices as their top concern in 2011, according to a recent survey conducted by GE Capital Fleet Services.
NHTSA launches Tesla Autopilot investigation over crashes with emergency vehicles
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AUGUST 16, 2021
.” The NHTSA cited crashes in Culver City and Laguna Beach, California; Norwalk, Connecticut; Cloverdale, Indiana; West Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Cochise County, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina, Montgomery County, Texas; Lansing, Michigan; and Miami, Florida.
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