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GE Appliances deploying fleet of electric trucks from Einride in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee

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GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, is deploying a fleet of electric freight vehicles on routes between the company’s inbound warehouses and its manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee.

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NSC: US motor vehicle fatalities up 9% in 1H 2016; trending toward deadliest driving year since 2007

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The total estimated cost of these deaths and injuries is $205 billion. States that have been particularly hard hit since 2014, the start of the upward trend, are Florida (43% increase), Georgia (34%), Indiana (33%), California (31%), North Carolina (26%), Illinois (24%) and Kentucky (24%). million were seriously injured.

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Market Update: How Battery Pack Costs Declined Since 2008

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The cost of battery packs has been a significant factor in the adoption of these technologies, and recent developments show that we’re moving in the right direction as prices drop. In 2008, the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) was $1,355, but by 2022, it had dropped to $153 per kWh.

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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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CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Partnering with the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.; Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) Georgia Tech will team with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., CoalTek, Inc.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

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Tax credits for installing EV charging stations are available in a variety of forms, and many of them apply toward the cost of equipment and installation. Washington state offers tax credits for up to 50% of the costs of equipment and related costs. Georgia Power offers $500 per Level 2 charger.

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DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected eight projects to receive almost $25 million in funding to construct small- and large-scale pilots for reducing the cost of CO 2 capture and compression through DOE’s Carbon Capture Program. FuelCell Energy Inc. NRG Energy Inc. Alstom Power Inc.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Georgia Power. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. Southern Company: Georgia Power. Duke Energy Kentucky. Southern Company: Georgia Power. Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). Eversource Energy. Florida Power and Light Company. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light.

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