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Waffle House is getting NEVI DC fast chargers in Tennessee

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Out of 167 applications, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), in cooperation with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), threw support behind EnviroSpark’s plan to install DC fast chargers at the Waffle House at 9780 US Highway 64, northeast of Memphis.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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The new facility will include labs for process development, prototype manufacturing and testing as well as applied research on batteries, capacitors, solar energy materials and biofuels. million to the University of Kansas Center for Research (Lawrence, Kan.) Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.) million to the University of Maine (Orono, Me.)

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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environment of a lithium-ion battery in real-time. modeling of the battery’s internal environment. sources like solar and wind for small commercial and. the University of Kansas, and Vanderbilt. This cell-level battery management system. could reduce electric vehicle battery pack cost by 25% or. Battelle Memorial.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. The Mid-America Collaborative for Alternative Fuels Implementation project will focus diversifying transportation fuel options in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. Carolina Solar Center. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for.

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What Is Hyperloop? And What Does It Offer?

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Potential routes include New York-Washington DC, Pune-Mumbai, Kansas City-St. “Short of figuring out real teleportation, which would, of course, be awesome (someone please do this), the only option for super fast travel is to build a tube over or under the ground that contains a special environment,” Musk wrote.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Smart-grid technologies are not required to make larger use of wind and solar power but they can make them less expensive, Schurr said. Getting a handle on power supply and demand in real time helps address the variable nature of wind and solar power, he said. He states this as a positive of his program.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Contact Toronto Atmospheric Fund Ontario Ministry of the Environment , Prius, Hymotion, August 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada). Mauro Rampini, 2004 Prius by Rampini Mauro, using EAA-PHEV method with components from Plugin Supply , May 10, 2008 (Arluno, Italy, EU), contact solare.

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