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ENGIE New Ventures increases investment in 2nd-life battery company Connected Energy

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ENGIE New Ventures, the corporate venture fund of ENGIE, is participating in a new round of investment to further the development of Connected Energy. Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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US & Kenya Sign $60 Million Connectivity Grant, Including Assistance For The Purchase Of Electric Buses For Nairobi BRT

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They say the program is designed to improve urban connectivity and promote economic growth in Kenya. The Washington DC-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Kenya signed a $60 million Kenya threshold program agreement earlier this week.

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SoCal Edison offering EV grant writing assistance to medium- and heavy-duty fleet owners

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Although many millions of dollars in electric vehicle grants are available each year to help with the cost of going electric, the grant programs are often complex, and the application process is time-consuming and very competitive.

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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

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The news comes as part of Houston Metro being selected among projects to receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Accelerating Innovative Mobility ( AIM ) grant of nearly $1.5 The company’s electric vehicles have logged more than 2.3-million million zero emission miles.

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Hitachi leading European project on cooperative connected infrastructure for fully electric vehicles

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Laboratory (ICTL), will a project funded by the European Commission aimed at developing an integrated IT electric mobility platform that enables the connection and information exchanges between multiple infrastructure systems—such as road IT infrastructure, Electric Vehicle (EV) backend infrastructure and EV charging.

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Connected Energy leads research collaboration to extend value-chain of second-life EV batteries

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Connected Energy , a UK provider of site-integrated energy storage solutions, is heading a £1.3-million The project is co-funded by an Innovate UK grant, awarded in October. Connected Energy is based in Newcastle upon Tyne with a technical center near Norwich. The project is co-funded by an Innovate UK grant, awarded in October.

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U-M teams with Argonne, Idaho national labs to study potential energy savings of connected vehicles

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The University of Michigan is working with two US Department of Energy national laboratories to study whether connected and automated vehicles could help people drive more efficiently. million grant from DOE to fund the research. Nobody knows the magnitude of what the energy savings of connected and automated vehicles will be.

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