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I took a Tesla Cybertruck Demo Drive — Here’s what I learned

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Upon learning that Tesla was offering Cybertruck Demo Drives across the United States, I decided to sign up for one. I decided to book the Demo Drive at the West Chester, Pennsylvania , Showroom just outside of Philadelphia. I didn’t see many inadequacies in how these units were built.

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Hino to join hydrogen demo study in California ports with Class 8 trucks

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Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, manufactures, sells, and services a lineup of Class 4-8 commercial trucks in the United States. Hino sees this project as a viable contributor to its “Challenge 2025” strategy, which aims to lower Hino’s global emissions footprint through reduced GHG emissions.

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American Battery Technology Company receives $2M USABC award to demo integrated Li-ion battery recycling technologies

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USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR). —project Principal Investigator and American Battery Technology Company CEO Ryan Melsert.

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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Nearly 400 exhibitors representing the boldest energy innovations in the United States came together last week at the annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. The company is evaluating several tailings sites in the United States, including in upstate New York. The conference, hosted in Dallas by the U.S.

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Global Bioenergies reports first production of green isobutene at demo plant

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The first trials on the demo plant in Leuna were successfully completed, within schedule, in the fall of 2016 and Global Bioenergies announced first production of green isobutene via fermentation. Global Bioenergies is now entering the final phase of demonstrating its technology for converting renewable carbon into hydrocarbons.

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Chrysler to present City of San Francisco with 14 PHEVs as part of a 3-year demo project

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Chrysler is deploying a test and demo fleet of 25 Chrysler PHEV minivans and 140 Ram 1500 PHEV pickup trucks to 12 partners including local municipalities, state governments, universities and energy companies across the United States. Earlier post.).

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Wireless charging demo for trucks: 20 kw across 11 inches, 92% efficiency

Green Car Reports

The United States Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) announced in a press release Tuesday that, in February, it had demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless.

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