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Thirty-six percent of all commercial diesel trucks on US roads are now powered by the newest generation of diesel technologies (MY 2011 and newer), up from 30% in 2016 and 25.7% Indiana, Tennessee and the District of Columbia have the highest percentage of new-generation Class 8 diesel trucks (IN 66%; TN 60%; DC 48%).

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AUGUST 20, 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Volkswagen Group of America the regional 2014 EPA Rain Catcher Award in the Commercial Category for the Chattanooga, Tennessee Assembly Plant.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

ECOtality and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store unveiled the first Blink Direct Current (DC) Fast Charger in Tennessee at the Lebanon Cracker Barrel location. By strategically placing Blink charging stations, we are collecting the data needed to build a commercial infrastructure which will untether drivers from their garages.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. The Chevrolet Silverado EV officially debuts next month at CES.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Piedmont has also agreed to provide LG Chem priority negotiation rights for 10,000 metric tons per year of lithium hydroxide produced by the Company at either of its proposed facilities in Tennessee or North Carolina. SC6 production at NAL is expected to restart in H1 2023, with commercial shipments expected to begin in Q3 2023.

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APRIL 12, 2023

In addition to the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex upgrades, Ford also has announced: It is creating an all-new EV manufacturing ecosystem in West Tennessee—called BlueOval City—the home of a battery plant and the future home of Ford’s next-generation EV pickup. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 17, 2019

The duo selected food waste as a microbial feedstock after interviewing 80 customers across waste-to-hydrogen industries while participating in DOE’s Energy I-Corps, a program that helps accelerate commercialization efforts at DOE laboratories. He is now a research professor at the University of Tennessee, while also working with the startup.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Ryder plays an important role in advancing the environmental sustainability of commercial transportation and logistics. Ryder System, Inc.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

GM is launching a broad portfolio of trucks, SUVs, luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles using the Ultium Platform, including the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV, GMC Sierra EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Cadillac CELESTIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, BrightDrop Zevo 400 and BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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JUNE 8, 2023

million square foot plant underway, commercial operations are expected to commence in 2026, creating 1,170 new jobs for the local community. The new 30 GWh battery plant builds on AESC’s existing battery manufacturing network that includes a plant in operation in Tennessee and another plant under construction in Kentucky.

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JULY 26, 2010

Eaton Corporation is collaborating with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on a prototype integrated solar-assisted electric vehicle charging station to be erected at EPRI’s research laboratory in Knoxville, Tenn.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

This week marks the final pre-build phase before accelerating into mass production of F-150 Lightning trucks for retail customers and F-150 Lightning Pro for commercial customers. These production-level trucks will be used for testing in real-world customer conditions, collectively accumulating 1 million miles. Earlier post.).

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JULY 25, 2012

A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car. A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Most recently, Kelty worked at Sila Nanotechnologies, and for the past four and a half years, he has been the VP of Commercialization, where he was responsible for helping expand silicone anode material. In October, GM delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee, but this was due to construction timeline issues.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

At launch, Einride will implement electric transportation solutions at three of GEA’s locations in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Together, the companies will work to create safer and more efficient mobility solutions to drive a more sustainable future for large commercial truck fleets. Range per charge is 130- 180 km.

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

LeMond and Deakin University are teamed to commercialize this innovative technology which enables reductions of 75% and 70% in capex and energy consumption per kilo of output respectively. Composite tow tests of the LeMond fiber were completed according to ASTM D 4018-17 standards.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Currently consisting of 51 investor-owned electric companies, one electric cooperative, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the coalition is committed to providing electric vehicle (EV) fast charging ports that will allow the public to drive EVs with confidence along major US travel corridors by the end of 2023.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. Tennessee Technological University. Opposed-Piston 2-Stroke Hybrid Commercial Vehicle System.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Wabtec Corporation and General Motors will collaborate to develop and commercialize GM’s Ultium battery technology and HYDROTEC hydrogen fuel cell systems for Wabtec locomotives. Ultium Cells LLC, GM’s joint venture with LG Energy Solution, is currently constructing battery cell plants in Ohio and Tennessee.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

million project—one of 13 selected through a DOE initiative focused on addressing engineering challenges for advanced battery materials and devices—will be conducted in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The three-year, $2.2-million

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JANUARY 19, 2023

For Urbix, the agreement accelerates its plans to establish a commercial US anode production facility that will produce 28,500 tons of anode products per annum by 2025. BlueOval SK, a joint venture between SKO and US automaker Ford Motor Company, is building three battery manufacturing plants—one in Tennessee and two others in Kentucky.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Safire, a battery technology startup formerly known as BTRY, plans to locate facilities in East Tennessee as part of its plan to commercialize the liquid-to-solid battery technology. The collection of five patented technologies is designed for a drop-in additive for lithium-ion batteries that prevents explosions and fire from impact.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Reitz says the grant will help commercialize reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) technology, for which the UW-Madison Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has several patent applications pending. for the heavy-duty engine tests.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

million grant to researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research to investigate potential discoveries for waste products used in lignocellulosic biofuel production, turning them into valuable agents used in producing commercial products such as biodiesel and asphalt binding agents. in Washington State and the University of Tennessee.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

DuPont began developing an integrated solution for the commercial scale production of second generation ethanol from biomass in 2008. Producing stover-based ethanol used in many vehicles at the University of Tennessee. This optimized conversion process is being deployed in the facility in Nevada, Iowa.

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JUNE 11, 2021

With proximity to Interstate 95 (I-95), the main north-south highway on the East Coast of the US, the location enables easy access to the region’s commercial and industrial centers, including Plug Power customers such as Home Depot and Southern Company.

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JUNE 27, 2023

GM is scaling EV production in North America well past 1 million units annually and our direct investments in battery raw materials, processing and components for EVs are providing certainty of supply, favorable commercial terms and thousands of new jobs, especially in the US, Canada and free trade agreement countries like Australia.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The project aims to demonstrate that co-production of high volume commodity fuels and low volume, high value co-products enables profitable biorefineries at commercial scale. Technology collaborators also include the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech and the University of Tennessee,Knoxville. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 18, 2018

These factors allow considerably easier installation at industrial locations as well as commercial and public fueling sites, even in close range of or within residential areas. First commercial scale units in operation—for example at United Hydrogen Group (Tennessee)—confirm the expected technical and economic attractiveness.

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MAY 1, 2012

to build one a commercial cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Nevada, Iowa. Fagen has constructed more than 85 ethanol plants and has recently entered into a collaboration with Butamax Advanced Biofuels, LLC, a joint venture between BP and DuPont, for a retrofit project to commercially produce biobutanol.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Leading developers and potential customers of small modular reactors (SMR) have formed a consortium to advance the commercialization of the innovative reactor designs. SCANA; and Tennessee Valley Authority. The memorandum of understanding establishes an organization called SMR Start.

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JANUARY 16, 2021

Diesel-powered engines move most of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Region 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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JANUARY 30, 2010

Leaders from DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE), University of Tennessee and Genera Energy cut the ribbon on a cellulosic ethanol demonstration facility in Vonore, Tenn. An innovative ethanologen based on DuPont Zymomonas technology delivers high performance sugars co-fermentation for optimal process and yields.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Fleet customers including for BrightDrop and the Chevrolet Silverado EV will benefit from the $7,500 commercial incentive,” stated General Motors. For instance, GM entered into a joint venture with LG Energy Solution to build lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. “We

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