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Maryland city deploys BYD electric Class 6 refuse truck

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Hyattsville, Maryland, is deploying a BYD 6R Class 6 electric refuse truck, one of several fully-electric or hybrid vehicles in the City’s fleet, and the first commercially deployed Class 6 refuse truck in the country, according to BYD. has installed an eight-yard rear loader Quantum body, designed to be lightweight and efficient.

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AlphaStruxure and Montgomery County, Maryland, announce integrated microgrid and electric bus charging infrastructure project; EaaS

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AlphaStruxure , a provider of Energy as a Service (EaaS) solutions, announced an agreement to deploy an integrated microgrid and electric bus charging infrastructure project for Montgomery County, Maryland. AlphaStruxure will design, build, finance, own and operate the project to enable Ride On’s growing electric bus fleet.

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ION Storage Systems to partner with U Maryland on $4.8M ARPA-E EVs4ALL award

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million grant awarded to the University of Maryland (UMD). This design will increase the charge and discharge-rate capability, energy density and operative temperature of solid-state lithium batteries. ION Storage Systems Inc. Earlier post.)

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University of Maryland wins 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest

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The team of the University of Maryland is the winner of the 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest, announced on Sunday by the US Department of Energy at the Young Scientist Symposium of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2012 in Toronto, Canada. At the awards ceremony, the theme for the next Contest was announced as well.

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UMD, Army Researchers design new electrolyte enabling high energy density rechargeable Mg and Ca batteries

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This work provides a versatile electrolyte design strategy for divalent metal batteries. In an effort to address this problem, a UMD research team led by Chunsheng Wang, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Center for Research in Extreme Batteries, developed a novel design strategy that incorporated a new class of solvents.

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Maryland governor releases final Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan

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Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley released the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2020 from a 2006 baseline. Key programs in the plan include: Maryland Clean Cars Program: This program directly regulates carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles.

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Nine states and DC to design regional approach to cap greenhouse gas emissions from transportation

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This proposed program, when combined with existing programs and complementary policies, will be designed to achieve substantial reductions in transportation sector emissions and provide net economic and social benefits for participating states. The work of TCI is facilitated by the Georgetown Climate Center.