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ZeroAvia secures £12.3M UK Government grant to bring 19-seat hydrogen-electric aviation powertrain to market; HyFlyer II

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The Government support for ZeroAvia’s 19-seat program comes as the company also announces £16 million ($21.6 This earlier flight was a milestone for the first HyFlyer project, which was also supported with a grant from the ATI Program. million) in Series A venture funding.

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Moreno Valley school district to deploy 42 electric school buses

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The school district expects 75% cost savings on bus maintenance, fuel and operations, allowing more funding to go to classrooms. The two companies secured vouchers from California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP) for vehicles, hardware and installation.

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Tesla’s insane laser windshield wipers have been granted by U.S. Patent Office

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Tesla’s insane laser windshield wiper patent has been officially granted by the United States Patent Office this week. Patent Office granted the application, giving Tesla an exclusive right for the invention. The patent grant was originally spotted by Electrek. Filed in May 2019, the U.S. Check out the full patent below.

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Hino to join hydrogen demo study in California ports with Class 8 trucks

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Hino USA has been awarded a grant provided by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a Japanese governmental agency, to promote new technology for energy and environmental sector, along with Hino Motors, Ltd. Mitsui E&S Machinery Co. and PACECO CORP, along with Hino.

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Rivian chooses company for Georgia plant construction

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Tuition for the program is set to be covered by the Georgia HOPE grants, while Rivian will pay for incremental expenses such as textbooks and other class materials. Apprentices will work as maintenance technicians for Rivian during the program. Rivian lays off around 20 battery cell development workers What are your thoughts?

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OptiFuel finalizing $2.6M DOE grant to demonstrate RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive

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million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive. This new program, partially funded with the DOE grant, will allow pre-production testing at AAR’s Transportation Technology Center, Inc. This is well below the 10-year average cost of $2.45

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True Zero expands its hydrogen station network with $26.6M in grants from the California Energy Commission

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Last week True Zero, the retail brand of hydrogen stations developed, owned, and operated by FirstElement Fuel, was selected by the California Energy Commission to build 12 new hydrogen stations in the Commission’s latest round of grant awards to help build out California’s retail hydrogen network. —Joel Ewanick, CEO of True Zero.

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