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Electric Car Grant | OZEV Explained

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Electric Car Grant. There are many different Government grants available to support, drive and encourage the transition from petrol and diesel vehicles over to plug-in electric vehicles. A government electric car grant such as these, tend to come down as knowledge and infrastructure progress. Plug-In Electric Car Grant.

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First electric Urban Air Port secures UK government backing; eVTOL hub

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Air-One is a world-first fully-operational hub for future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft—such as cargo drones and air taxis—to be launched in Coventry (UK) later this year. million grant from UK Research and Innovation’s Future Flight Challenge. Urban Air Port has been awarded a £1.2-million

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KIST team develops membrane reactor system to produce pure H2 from ammonia with high productivity

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The system can even be applied to small power generation devices by directly connecting it with fuel cells without any additional hydrogen purification processes. drone taxis), unmanned aerial vehicles, ships, and other modes of transportation. With the developed technology, it is possible to continuously produce high-purity hydrogen.

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New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

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New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The Administration is also working towards the use of electric vehicles in the City’s fleet of more than 13,000 yellow taxis. Click to enlarge.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Total DOE award: $13,181,171.

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Toyota Mobility Foundation and partners to launch Rama4 project to ease traffic congestion in Bangkok

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This new “Rama4 Model” project, which will be funded through a grant of approximately 50 million baht (US$1.7 The critical component of this project is the effective usage of huge and diverse sets of data from several sources such as GPS data from Grab Taxi and Public Buses, CCTV footage and multiple sensors.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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The city proposed to deploy three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs. Allen’s Vulcan Inc., cloud partner Amazon Web Services, NXP Semiconductors, Mobileye, Autodesk, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, AT&T, DC Solar and Continental Automotive.

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