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Electric School Buses Win Big In USA

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses.

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Mercedes-Benz USA invests in The Conservation Fund ShadeFund program for entrepreneurs

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz USA is making a keystone investment in The Conservation Fund ’s ShadeFund program, a new charitable endeavor to raise donated capital that will provide small loans to green entrepreneurs.

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Fraunhofer establishes Center for Energy Innovation (CEI) at UConn; energy storage and fuel cells among targeted technologies

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Fraunhofer and the University of Connecticut (UConn) have established the Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation (CEI), the mission of which is to develop advanced technologies related to energy storage, fuel cells, in-stream hydro, power management and distribution through contract research. Fraunhofer USA, Inc.,

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SunHydro to Receive 10 Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicles

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SunHydro announced an agreement with Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. TMS) to place 10 Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles (FCHV-adv) in the Connecticut area this fall. The ten fuel cell vehicles will be kept in Connecticut and will be used by SunHydro/Proton Energy Systems staff, in addition to other community members.

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Electrify America edges out Tesla Superchargers in 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

Teslarati

The effort, which was dubbed as the inaugural 2020 USA EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark , determined that Electrify America was by far the best public charging network in the United States. Watch a video about the 2021 USA EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark below. Credit: umlaut. Credit: umlaut.

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Soot rules cause controversy in USA

Green Cars News

There’s a storm brewing in the USA– and its all over the national air quality standards for air pollution released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Linde and Praxair to merge; global industrial gas major valued at > $70B

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The group CEO will be based in Danbury, Connecticut, USA and group corporate functions will be appropriately split between Danbury, Connecticut and Munich, Germany to help achieve efficiencies for the combined group. The new group will adopt the globally-recognized and respected Linde name.

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