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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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Toyota to begin hybrid powertrain production in US; $374M investment in 5 plants

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million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. It underscores Toyota’s confidence in the capability and global competitiveness of our North American manufacturing. Toyota will invest $373.8

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation (Johnstown, PA). West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory will manage the projects, which will be carried out by the following recipients: Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH). MATERIA USA LLC (Inwood, NY).

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. National Science Foundation; Intel Corporation; American Axle Manufacturing; Robert Bosch, LLC; PACCAR, Inc.; University of Tennessee, Knoxville. University of Washington. University of Waterloo. Other participating sponsors include: NXP Semiconductors, Inc.; dSPACE, Inc.;

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Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to advance autonomous technology capabilities

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Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation ; Aurora specializes in autonomous systems technologies to enable advanced robotic aircraft for future aerospace applications and vehicles. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, Aurora has more than 550 employees and operates in six states in the U.S.

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1,000-cycle Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Aussie e-Motorcycle Pioneer Savic Allows Riders to Build their Own eBike, BYD

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Electric Buses BYD Celebrates a Decade of Bus Electrification to Support Global Zero-Emission Goals GreenPower Announces Plan to Manufacture Zero-Emission, All Electric School Buses in West Virginia EV Charging BMW i Ventures Invests in Y Combinator Alum HeyCharge to Amplify EV Charging Rollout at Residential Locations.

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California gas vehicle ban faces pushback from 17 states

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Louis Post-Dispatch , the Missouri State Attorney General, along with Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have sued to prevent CARB from banning new ICE vehicles after 2035.