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car2go launches North America’s first all-electric carsharing network in San Diego

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LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, and the City of San Diego officially launched North America’s first all-electric carsharing network. car2go began deploying 300 smart fortwo electric drive vehicles Friday in San Diego, which are now in service and available for use. car2go N.A.,

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New IACMI collaboration to develop advanced carbon fiber for hydrogen, natural gas storage tanks; $2.7M DOE award

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For this project, IACMI will leverage its unique consortium network of partners, including: Prescott Composites headquartered in San Diego, CA, will validate the melt spinning and carbon fiber production technologies at a US site to be selected during the project.

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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The procurement includes rebuilding a large compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station, as well as additional garage modifications and the repair and maintenance of facilities through 2020. Clean Energy extended its maintenance contract with Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (Santa Cruz Metro) for an additional 5 years.

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California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. University of California, San Diego (UCSD): $1 million to use advanced solar forecasting to optimize campus distributed energy resources on the UCSD campus. First NorCal Retail H 2 Refueling Station Open. Alternative Fuel and Vehicles.

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Voith introduces topography-dependent shifting program SensoTop for N. American city transit buses

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SensoTop is designed to optimize bus transmission gear-shifting to reduce fuel consumption. SensoTop is based on Voith’s DIWA transmission system, but is equipped with an additional maintenance-free inclination sensor which will automatically adapt gear-shifts based on topography of the bus route.

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Ride1Up LMT’D V2 launched as new torque sensor electric bike

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Ride1Up , the San Diego-based electric bike retailer known for some of the best value commuter e-bikes on the market, has spent much of the last year expanding into new categories such as electric mopeds and adventure e-bikes. tires explicitly designed for the higher speeds of electric bikes. Meet the new Ride1Up LMT’D V2.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. San Diego, Calif. Selected Labs and Partners. Madison, Wis.