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Volvo Trucks Customer QCD orders 30 more VNR Electric trucks for Southern California fleet

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In early 2023, the battery-electric Class 8 trucks will be deployed in QCD’s Southern California fleet operations delivering products to restaurants and coffee shops throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Located in the St. The remaining trucks of the order will be deployed throughout 2022 and early 2023.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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Obama outlines plans for high-speed rail system

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The plan, which identifies $8billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as well as $1billion for five years requested in the federal budget, will begin in late summer when the Federal Railroad Administration begins awarding the first round of grants. Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St.

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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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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Chrysler LLC. $70.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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By late summer, the Federal Railroad Administration will begin awarding the first round of grants. One would create new corridors for world-class high-speed rail; the other would involve making train service along existing rail lines incrementally faster. Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Shoup stayed at PARC, supported by Kay’s research group, while Smith moved on, armed with a National Education Association grant to do computer art. First Steps When Goldman set up PARC, one of his first decisions was to ask George E.

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