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Charlotte Douglas International Airport to buy 5 Proterra electric buses; 9th airport

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Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) has agreed to purchase five 35-foot Proterra Catalyst E2 electric buses and five 125 kW Proterra plug-in charging systems. Proterra battery-electric buses will contribute to CLT’s sustainability goals. CLT’s Proterra buses will be manufactured locally in Greenville, SC.

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Gas Cars Parked In One Electric-Car Spot Earn Raleigh $27,000 A Year

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The problem of gasoline cars parking in spaces reserved for plug-in electric cars to recharge at is nothing new. It''s known as "ICE-ing," referring to cars with internal combustion engines parking where they shouldn''t. But the problem has proved to be lucrative for Raleigh, North Carolina. Gas Cars Parking In Electric-Car.'

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Coulomb Technologies releases OpenCharge Protocol for EV charging equipment

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Coulomb Technologies published its open protocol for communicating with Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE). Coulomb is also offering the OpenCharge Protocol as an international standard for EVSE-to-charging network communication.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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

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Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Raleigh, N.C.

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VinFast pushes forward regardless of early setbacks

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Nguyen spends maximum of her occasion in Raleigh, N.C., billion from Vuong and Vingroup, is wanted for the automaker’s growth into North The united states and Europe because it bets on international markets for speedy enlargement. marketplace, and 800 on the market in Canada. The investment, together with as much as $2.5

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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Separately, Evatran just announced that the City of Sacramento has joined its Apollo Trial Program to test wireless charging technology on its own electric vehicles (EVs). —“Wireless Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles”. Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program.

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