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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Columbus, OH has been selected as the winner of the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. As winner of the Challenge, Columbus will receive up to $40 million from US DOT and up to $10 million from Paul G. Earlier post.) Allen’s Vulcan Inc. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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Future Honda EVs to be powered by batteries from Ohio plant

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Announced in 2022, the joint-venture plant will be located in Fayette County, about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, and aims for 40 gigawatt-hours of annual. Honda and LG Energy Solution on Tuesday confirmed details of a joint-venture Ohio battery plant that will produce battery modules for North American-market Honda EVs beginning in 2025.

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Ohio DOT to award EVgo & partners $13.8M for 20 fast charging stations along interstate corridors

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Fourteen of the 20 locations are owned by EVgo eXtend partner Pilot Company, and all EVgo and EVgo eXtend stations deployed through these awards will feature 350kW high-power fast charging. EVgo’s Kroger Brewers Yard fast charging station in Columbus, OH.

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LG Energy Solution and Honda formally establish battery production joint venture; 40 GWh/year

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All batteries produced by the new JV will be supplied exclusively to Honda plants in North America to power battery-electric vehicles sold in North America. The new plant will be located approximately 40 miles southwest of Columbus in Fayette County, near Jeffersonville. LGES and Honda have committed to investing $3.5

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The single-largest wind farm in North America comes online in Oklahoma

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Columbus, Ohio, headquartered American Electric Power ’s 998-megawatt (MW) Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma is now online. It’s the largest single wind farm built at one time in North America. The post The single-largest wind farm in North America comes online in Oklahoma appeared first on Electrek.

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Ohio Mom Pleads for Police to Lock Up Her Teen for Repeated Car Thefts

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One mother in Columbus, Ohio, is fed up with her son’s thieving ways, begging police to lock him up for his crimes.& & As News 10 WBNS reported, 7,330 cars have been stolen in Columbus this year, and more than half have been Hyundais and Kias. One stolen car was set on fire, while another ended up in a pond.

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Cyclone Power taps OSU Center for Automotive Research for design and testing services for external combustion engine

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Cyclone Power Technologies Inc., Cyclone will utilize Phoenix Power's waste motor oil combustion chamber / heat exchanger (CCHX) to supply steam to the system during these tests, which will also allow the team to document exhaust emissions from the integrated system.

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