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XL Fleet launches pilot program with Essential Utilities, Inc. to electrify its utility fleet

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XL Fleet announced that Essential Utilities, Inc. Essential, headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA, deploys a fleet of approximately 2,500 of these vehicles across 10 states. —Charles Stevenson, Vice President of Fleet Operations at Essential.

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ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. With its bi-directional design, the system also supports use of the vehicle’s batteries for energy storage.

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How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Reach its EV Goals

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Amazon announced an investment of nearly $1 billion in an all-electric delivery truck fleet last October. The City of Easthampton, Massachusetts announced in April that it is transitioning its city-owned vehicle fleet from gas to electric, and will be the first city to offer an EV adoption benefit to employees who convert.

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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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Flanked by on-stage demos, Gelsinger announced the coming of “AI PCs” built to accelerate all their increasing range of AI tasks based only on the hardware beneath the user’s fingertips. Spring seemed likely to benefit from the creative, humanlike conversational abilities of modern LLMs. Intel’s not alone.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Demo Project for Multi-material light-weight prototype vehicle. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. 10,000,000.

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FIRST TIMER: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E

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In our First Timer series we speak with people who purchased their first electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. Clean Fleet Report : Tell us a bit about yourself. Then a dealer from North San Diego County called and said they had what I was looking for, but it was a demo. CFR : You like cars?

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Servant leadership; I thrive when working to advance a cause or mission About Zach: Zach currently drives a Pacific Hybrid PHEV. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. About Alan: Alan drives a Tesla Model 3 and Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.