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Charlotte Douglas International Airport to buy 5 Proterra electric buses; 9th airport

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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. CLT’s Proterra buses will be manufactured locally in Greenville, SC.

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Charlotte Launches Electric Bus Pilot Testing 18 Electric Buses From 3 Companies

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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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GILLIG posts highest score for battery-electric bus at Altoona

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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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QM Power and University of Kentucky demonstrate 50 kW/liter electric motor; DOE 2025 power density goal

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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. —Madhav Manjrekar.

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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

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Fontaine Modification is expanding its electrification integration services to include refrigerated trailers through a strategic alliance with electric transport refrigeration unit (eTRU) innovator eNow, Inc. In addition to environmental benefits, using eTRU technology reduces fuel and maintenance costs.

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Eight Graphs that Explain Software Engineering Salaries in 2023

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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. Ecommerce, media, and transportation. salaries up 11 percent. Not so hot?

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Raven Transport to deploy 115 additional heavy-duty LNG trucks; Clean Energy expands refueling network

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Florida-based truckload carrier Raven Transport is expanding its clean-burning natural gas fleet with 115 Peterbilt Model 579s, equipped with sleepers and powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to haul goods for a leading consumer packaged goods company. Charlotte, N.C.; Birmingham, Ala.; Pearl, Miss.; and Theodore, Ala. Pearl, Miss.;

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