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Rivian patents tailgate with gooseneck hinges

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Patent symbol of Rivian tailgate with gooseneck pictures The Rivian R1T idea that debuted on the 2018 Los Angeles auto display had homogeneous tailgate hinges. In 2022, the corporate additionally filed a patent utility for telescoping and folding tailgates, in addition to an built-in tailgate step.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). Los Angeles. Georgia has a tax credit worth up to $5,000 for zero-emissions vehicles. Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6).

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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The winning coalition, headquartered in Los Angeles, California brings together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry, and non-profits to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can significantly improve the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. Missouri U. Purdue U.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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Member Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, North Carolina State University, University of Texas at Austin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Maryland, Georgia Institute of Technology. Lead Investigator: Nancy N.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation. PARC’s system model will use currently available data from navigation tools, public transit, and intelligent transportation systems to simulate the Los Angeles transportation network and its energy use. TRANSNET Awards. Lead organization. Description.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Louis , Mo. Hydroscanner: Instrumentation for water ingress imaging in photovoltaic module packaging materials, $250,000 D2Solar Inc., San Jose, Calif.

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DOE Investing Up to $78M Investment in Two Consortia Targeting Algae-Based and Biomass-Based Bio-Hydrocarbon Fuels and Infrastructure; $1.6M for Ethanol Blends Fueling Infrastructure

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NABC partners include: National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Albemarle Corporation; Amyris Biotechnologies; Argonne National Laboratory; BP Products North America Inc.; University of California, Davis; UOP LLC; Virent Energy Systems; and Washington State University.

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