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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University will receive funds to replace diesel buses that have reached the end of useful life with zero-emission electric buses, including all related electrical charging station infrastructure. City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. 1,700,000. Regional Transportation District.

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My goal at the time was to drive it to work 10 miles away, at the Department of Physics at the University of Missouri. In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version. “I’d done a conversion with lead acid batteries in 1982 on a 1971 VW Beetle,” Garver continued. “My

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My goal at the time was to drive it to work 10 miles away, at the Department of Physics at the University of Missouri. In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version. “I’d done a conversion with lead acid batteries in 1982 on a 1971 VW Beetle,” Garver continued. “My

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. DOE Funding: $142,000. Total Project Value: $179,000. DOE Funding: $158,000. Total Project Value: $233,000.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Production of DC bus capacitors including soft wound film and stacked film capacitors necessary for electric drive system power electronics. West Virginia University (NAFTC). Purdue University. Colorado State University. $5.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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Last year, he stated that he had received verbal approval for a New York to Philadelphia to Baltimore to Washington DC Hyperloop, which would reduce the New York to Washington DC travel time to 29 minutes. Despite claiming to be too busy, Musk appears to be interested in the Hyperloop concept. The Boring Company.

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