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Stellantis partners with Qinomic to develop electric retrofitting of light commercial vehicles

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This innovation gives our professional customers the choice to convert their current vans to electric, extend their vehicle’s life and meet legislative and mobility requirements. In a market boosted by last-mile demand, city access restrictions will soon require recent LCV owners to look for a solution to convert to zero emissions.

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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The rare earth oxide then undergoes a molten-salt electrolysis process that converts it into a solid metal form. The system is aging and losing water, but it’s hard for water districts to justify the cost of repairing them, says Tom Cuthbert, chief technology officer at Emrgy.

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California Energy Commission to award up to $3M to support development of bio-oil as intermediate for renewable jet fuel

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Applicants must site a demo facility in California that will produce a minimum of 50,000 gallons of bio-oil intermediate fuel over the term of the project. Meet biorefinery specifications in order to produce fungible low-carbon, drop-in biofuels compatible with pipeline and fuel dispensing infrastructure and vehicle technologies.

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LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain. A demo flight with the new fuel is planned in 12-18 months, with commercialization targeted for 2014. Earlier post.). Alcohol-to-Jet.

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

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These projects are being undertaken as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. Demo Project for Multi-material light-weight prototype vehicle. This project will develop and demonstrate a portfolio of advanced manufacturing process improvements to significantly reduce the manufacturing cost of large format Li-ion cells by 50%.

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Four Motiv electric shuttle buses deployed in one-year demo in Mountain View, CA

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Motiv’s electric powertrains are expected to decrease total cost of ownership by 8% for initial production vehicles and by over 30% for production vehicles. This electric shuttle program was part of a larger 10-project grant administered by CALSTART with the goal of advancing cleaner and more efficient trucks and buses.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He has spent the better part of the last decade developing EV pilot projects, leading clean transportation research, and evaluating EV programs. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. When it is part of an organization that emphasizes honesty and integrity.