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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said. Rivian builds its vehicles in Normal, Illinois. Along with the EDV, it builds the R1T , an all-electric truck, and R1S, an all-electric SUV.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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The island environment also makes it easier to strategically place charging points so that EV drivers have easy access to reach key destinations. San Diego ranks in the top LEAF cities for many of the same reasons in other California and West Coast markets: state tax incentives, HOV/HOT access and general environment-mindedness.

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

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Developing an Energy-Conscious Traffic Signal Control System for Optimized Fuel Consumption in Connect Vehicle Environments. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is retrofitting 36 school buses with technologies to cut soot and reduce idling. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision is replacing five short-haul trucks and one crane.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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Overall, the USDA and DOE projects are designed to improve special crops to be grown for biofuels—including selected trees and grasses—by increasing their yield, quality and ability to adapt to extreme environments. Mockler, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Sacks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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PNNL-led team designs highly active cobalt-based PGM-free catalyst for fuel cells

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Scientists are studying transition metals such as iron as a promising alternative to platinum, but they have found that they quickly degrade in the acidic PEM fuel cell environment. Along with PNNL, researchers from Washington University in St. Previous studies had shown that cobalt is far less active than iron-based catalysts.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. FY 2014 EFRC Awards.

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