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Select the Right EV Charging Management Partner for your NEVI Program Project

Driivz

Intended to remove the speedbumps from building a high-speed EV charging network along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors , NEVI grants cover up to 80% of the cost of new or upgraded EV charging infrastructure. connect securely with a charging network, and can receive and implement software updates. Chargers conform to OCPP 2.0.1,

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Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. Azure Dynamics has selected Johnson Controls-Saft as the supplier for lithium-ion battery cells and battery packs for the Transit Connect BEV. Earlier post.).

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. DOE Award ($mil.). .

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Electrify Your Fleet Faster With Incentives and Rebates

EV Connect

In Missouri, for instance, Ameren Missouri offers incentives to nonresidential customers that install Level 2 or DC fast charging stations. Companies with electric fleets in the state would also avoid the cost of annual or biannual emissions inspections since Missouri exempts electric vehicles from this requirement.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Car Congress

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. The process will produce butanol and will also be able to produce ethanol The research team has a strong connection with Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies, LLC in this area of research. Missouri University of Science & Technology. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

I had no family connections, inheritance or trust fund. When I spoke out against the home-porting of the battleship Missouri with its nuclear tomahawk cruise missile arsenal, the folks at the Alliance for Survival called and asked me, “Do you just talk about stuff or do you DO anything too?” No family business. Never had a mentor.