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BMW and Nissan again partner to add 174 more DC fast chargers in US with EVgo

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These 50 kW stations can charge EVs from Nissan and BMW up to 80% in about 25-30 minutes, as compared to the longer time required to recharge at a Level 2 (240V) charger, currently the most commonly available public charging station. Each location offers a dual 50 kW DC Fast charging station with both CHAdeMO and SAE Combo (CCS) connectors.

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MIT teams receiving $10M from TRI for next-gen battery materials

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Roos (1944) Professor of Chemical Engineering and a professor of mathematics, will use machine learning to develop a scalable predictive modeling framework for rechargeable batteries. The University of Michigan ($2.4 The University of Connecticut. They also are safe, inexpensive to produce, and light.

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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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Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Thunder Bay Transportation Authority – TBTA, Michigan: $2,590,000.

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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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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. The project will increase the use of natural gas, electric and hybrid electric vehicles in 13 sites throughout Michigan.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). SkySpecs (Ann Arbor, Michigan). Development of Rechargeable Energy Dense Long Cycle-life Zinc/Copper Oxide Batteries, $250,000. (Watertown, Massachusetts). Porous Transport Electrodes for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers, $450,000. De Nora Tech, LLC (Concord, Ohio). Pune, India).