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DOE VTO awarding $3.6M to 6 projects to commercialize lab-developed clean transportation technologies

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VTO’s six selected TCF projects are: Argonne National Laboratory 5 MT/year Supercritical Hydrothermal Continuous One-Step Manufacturing Processing, $900,000 – ACTion Battery Technologies, Carrollton, Georgia Automotive Magnesium from Domestic Aluminum-Magnesium Scrap, $250,000 – Galvotec Alloys, McAllen, Texas National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy (..)

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) / Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH). Teams from the following universities have been selected to begin the competition this fall: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) / Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL).

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US DOE awards KiOR loan guarantee supporting a more than $1B biofuels project; drop-in fuels from wood biomass

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The first two plants are expected to be in Mississippi, with additional sites planned in Georgia and Texas. The first plant under that agreement (and the company’s first commercial unit overall) will be located in Columbus, MS and funded by the proceeds of a $75-million loan from the State of Mississippi. Earlier post.)

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Stone et al.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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Partners include BASF and University of Georgia. Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH) - Hybrid Approach to Repurpose Plastics Using Novel Engineered Processes (HARNESS) – DOE Funding: $1,999,778. The University of Akron (Akron, OH) - Highly Recyclable Thermosets for Lightweight Composites – DOE Funding: $2,049,242.

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More than one Stellantis dealerships and a Kia gather promote in Q1, Q2 offers

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Sons Car additionally owns dealerships in Georgia and Tennessee. ” Fuqua’s father, the past due Lowell Fuqua, purchased the dealership in 1969, and Rock Fuqua purchased it from his father in 1998, stated Steve Corle, director of the Plains area for buy-sell company Tim Lamb Staff of Columbus, Ohio.

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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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Bristol, TN Columbus, GA. State of Colorado State of Georgia Fort Collins, CO Boulder, CO Atlanta, GA. Production of lithium-ion cells, modules, and battery packs for industrial and agricultural vehicles and defense application markets. Primary lithium chemistries include nickel-cobalt-metal and iron phosphate. Lyon Station, PA.

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