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Plug Power, Charlatte America deliver fuel cell cargo tuggers for FedEx at Albany International Airport

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The Charlatte America electric GSE vehicles require less maintenance than internal combustion-powered equipment and are designed to support the ongoing market trend to electrification of mobility. Performance and reliability data has been collected during cold winter months, where temperatures can drop as low as -10 ?F F (-23.33 ?C).

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Winners of 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge

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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., in the Small Business category for their groundbreaking work using metathesis catalysis to produce high-performing, green specialty chemicals at advantageous costs from renewable oils. of Memphis, Tenn., of Bolingbrook, Ill., Codexis, Inc., of Redwood City, Calif., Buckman International Inc.,

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Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

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Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) has renewed a three year operations & maintenance contract with Clean Energy representing approximately 3 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) over the three year term of the contract. Clean Energy has supplied the City with LNG for more than a decade.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Rational Electrolyte Design for Li-ion Batteries with Micro-Sized Silicon Anodes.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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a small town between Memphis and Jackson), called Blue Oval City, will create approximately 6,000 new jobs and reimagine how vehicles and batteries are manufactured. Ford’s new Tennessee assembly plant is designed to be carbon-neutral with zero waste to landfill once fully operational. An all-new $5.6-billion

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

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The plug-in hybrid vehicle the “Spirit of DC" was designed to run on electricity alone for about 10 miles before reverting back to acting like an ordinary hybrid. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EVJerry" Asher driving started last year on Earth Day, in front of the Nation’s Capitol.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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The Crescent Corridor is a 2,500-mile (4,023-km) rail network supporting the supply chain from Memphis and New Orleans to New Jersey. That prototype cube serves as the design cornerstone for the new residential units, and has been housed at Clover Lane since Axion’s test phase began last summer.

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