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UN Sustainable Transport Conference calls for accelerated action to achieve net-zero emissions

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The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded with a call to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable transport that would result in major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and in improving the lives of millions of people. But these new technologies have to work for everyone.

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Three coming DOE funding opportunities for sustainable transportation technologies

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue three sustainable transportation technologies funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in Spring 2021. This will involve partnerships with industry to demonstrate these technologies at industrially-relevant scales.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. The Working Group consists of members undertaking research and development in the field of hydrogen combustion in an opposed-piston engine. The only criteria emission of concern is NO x.

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ASKO deploys two Scania battery-electric distribution trucks in Norway

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In the long run, electrification will be key to achieving a sustainable transport system for heavy vehicles as well. This project received financial backing from Enova , which is a state enterprise owned by the Ministry of Climate and Environment in Norway. Scania’s work is based on a modular approach.

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies. Electric (Battery) Engines Fuel Cells Fuel Efficiency Hydrogen Policy' Within the $10.7 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion for applied energy activities, including: $2.72 Bioenergy Technologies.

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MAN Truck & Bus establishing large-scale production of batteries for electric trucks and buses at Nuremberg site

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To this end, the company will invest around €100 million over the next five years at its production site for combustion engines. We are now starting to industrialize electromobility and continue on our path to climate-neutral mobility in commercial vehicles. It is a groundbreaking location and investment decision for the next decades.

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