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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. FUREC is preparing the necessary grid connections to the hydrogen and CO 2 infrastructure.

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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. Platooning connected and automated freight trucks to reduce traffic delays and wear and tear on roads.

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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. A webinar to explain the details of the Grant Assistance Program is on Tuesday, 5 April 11 am.

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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

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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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Connection Machine Joins All to All to Optimize Better

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But unlike others, it manages to connect all 48 spins to each other. In the past few years, such all-to-all connections have proven to be key to quickly tackling many problems. “48 48 all-to-all connections is a non-trivial milestone.” The optimization problem is mapped to the strength and polarity of these connections.

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Qualcomm, partners launching new CV2X pilot in Honolulu

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while working with the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the University of Hawaii College of Engineering to extend the deployment of connected vehicle infrastructure across the entire state of Hawaii with C-V2X. Applied Information will exclusively implement C-V2X technologies developed by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,

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