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Port of Los Angeles to Evaluate Vision Industries Tyrano Fuel Cell Hybrid Class 8 Trucks

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Vision Industries Class 8 zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric truck at the Port of Los Angeles. The Port of Los Angeles is entering into negotiations with Los Angeles-based Vision Industries for the purchase and evaluation of Vision’s Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric trucks.

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New SoCal tech center to promote alternative fuel & advanced vehicles

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The California Energy Commission has awarded funds to a consortium of Southern California-based organizations led by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) to establish a Southern California Center for Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technology. The project will also use $1.6

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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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DE-FOA-0002420) The projects will help decarbonize the transportation sector and enhance the infrastructure needed to support the growing adoption of zero-emission vehicles. Transportation accounts for approximately 30% of total US energy needs and generates the largest share of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. General Motors.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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Meet the recipients of the 2022 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, and corporate recognition. MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.”

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BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in electric bus company Proterra; part of $55M round

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Generation Investment Management LLP, a long-term, sustainability focused investment firm led the round, which was joined by BMW i Ventures, the corporate venture capital team founded by BMW Group in 2011. The company recently launched of the industry’s first autonomous bus development program with the University of Nevada, Reno.

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

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million in funding for five projects in ARPA-E’s newest program, the Traveler Response Architecture using Novel Signaling for Network Efficiency in Transportation (TRANSNET). Project teams will each design a system model that dynamically simulates an urban transportation network and its energy use. Georgia Tech Research Corporation.

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DOE awarding $19M to 12 projects for advanced battery and electrification research to enable extreme fast charging

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Pennsylvania State University. University of Michigan. Novel electrolyte research that increases the transport rate of lithium-ion from cathode to anode. State University of New York - Stony Brook University. University of Tennessee. Delta Products Corporation. DOE award: $653,641. Microvast Inc.

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