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Proterra files for Chapter 11

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Proterra has voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware in an effort to strengthen its financial position through a recapitalization or going-concern sale. As a result of the filing, Proterra cancelled its scheduled earnings conference call on Wednesday.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The largest PV installation in Georgia. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. An additional manual charging station would be installed at Operations Base. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000.

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Honda joins vehicle-to-grid technology demonstration project in partnership with University of Delaware and NRG Energy

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The Honda technology builds off of the research conducted by the University of Delaware and now supported by NRG Energy, Inc. installing UD control technology into the EVs; and others. The University of Delaware has been developing the technology so that vehicle batteries can be used not only for mobility but also for grid services.

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Trainspotting

Revenge of the Electric Car

It was still a novelty to see anything pro-EV in a major publication, but what struck me at the time was that I had no idea who these people in Delaware were. The first ones are scheduled to hit their initial market areas by the end of the year.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. In California, regulators separated generation from distribution and sold 40 percent of installed capacity to newly created independent power producers that specialized in peaking power.

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Recharge IT

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announced that it has switched on the solar panel installation at its Mountain View, Calif. In addition, Google Inc. headquarters, which will help the company reduce its environmental footprint and power its plug-ins with clean solar electricity.

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

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The basis for the "Spirit of DC" staying over in Arizona through the winter results from the gifting of a state-of-the-art Li-ion battery pack and charger from Delaware Power Systems out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Conferring with Amtrak on "Spirit's" Auto Train Return from Sanford, Florida. Do read the Appendix A below.

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