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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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Cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speeds. Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Click to enlarge.

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Boost Your Savings: Best US States for Electric Vehicle Incentives

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Additionally, some Colorado utility companies offer discounted rates for electric vehicle charging during off-peak hours, helping to lower the overall cost of EV ownership. Georgia Georgia offers an income tax credit of up to $2,500 for the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system.

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Elon Musk says Rivian’s priority should be solving financials ‘or they’re doomed’

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CEO RJ Scaringe stated in an email to employees that “This is an important time for our growing business, all of which is happening in an extremely challenging environment. It’s insanely difficult to reach volume production at affordable unit cost. I’d recommend they get their first plant working.

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Georgia Tech team’s platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum

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Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, with colleagues from University of Oxford, in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) Georgia Tech will team with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., Duke University in Durham, N.C., Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.)

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President Obama launches $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; Ford involved as an initial partner

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The United States lags behind competitor nations in providing the business environment and skilled workforce needed for advanced manufacturing. The loss of these activities will undermine our capacity to invent, innovate, and compete in global markets. A strong advanced manufacturing sector is essential to national security.

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