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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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Additionally, these efforts will help build a comprehensive training program that will lay the foundation for a robust hydrogen and fuel cells workforce in the United States. Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation. University of Kentucky. University of Virginia. The Lubrizol Corporation. 3M Company.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Consumption per capita.

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Ford Launches New Dealer Training Program With A.I. Integration

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Ford has announced its new dealership training platform for the United States , noting that it will utilize artificial intelligence to better familiarize sales teams with product knowledge, corporate history, while likewise making them better at engaging with customers. The video is then graded by A.I.

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HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

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Bert Brunekreef at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and colleagues reported that exposure to PM 2.5 , BC, and NO 2 showed significant associations of air pollution exposure with natural-cause, cardiovascular, respiratory, and lung cancer mortality. particle composition.

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Hyzon Motors to build US’ largest fuel cell MEA line for commercial vehicles in Chicago area

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a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered heavy vehicles ( earlier post ), plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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Audi taps Mertens from Volvo to lead technical development

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Peter Mertens, previously Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Car Corporation in Göteborg, Sweden, as the new Board of Management Member for Technical Development at Audi. After his apprenticeship as a toolmaker, Peter Mertens studied production technology at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences.

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HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

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The new studies are: Improved Characterization of the Real-World Contributions and Impacts of Non-tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions ,” led by Greg Evans, University of Toronto. Assessing the Impact of Non-exhaust Emissions from Traffic on the Asthmatic Airway (IONA) ,” led by Chris Griffiths, Queen Mary University of London.

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