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Auto Alliance pushing for passage of Maryland SB 1234 that would require state purchase of ZEVs; 50% of LDVs by 2026

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The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) is strongly supporting the passage of Maryland’s SB 1234 , a bill that would require the State of Maryland to purchase zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) for state fleets. Maryland is one of nine states that has adopted California’s ZEV Mandate. —Auto Alliance.

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Baltimore will electrify city vehicle fleet by 2030

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“We are working to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases entering our environment and doing everything to ensure that city government is taking steps to modernize alongside those goals.” Scott (@MayorBMScott) December 5, 2023 Maryland has been a regular on lists that recognize the most sustainable states in the U.S.

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New Flyer unveils Xcelsior AV: North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus

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New Flyer of America unveiled the Xcelsior AV automated transit bus, now in motion at Robotic Research, LLC in Maryland. Its testing facilities are located in Gaithersburg and Clarksburg, Maryland. Xcelsior AV capabilities are made possible by two primary technologies.

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U of Maryland inventors receive patent for cellulose-digesting bacteria that make ethanol; looking for licensees

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Kohn and Seon-Woo Kim are faculty members at the University of Maryland where the organisms were first discovered. In the method, process conditions are established that select for cellulose-degrading organisms in high ethanol environments. Inventors Richard A. Earlier post.) corn stalks), algae, or leaves.

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Velodyne Lidar acquires AI software company Bluecity

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The solution is deployed across four continents with 74 installations, including systems rolled out domestically in California, Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, Texas, Nevada and Michigan and internationally in Canada, China, UAE, India, Finland, Germany and Australia.

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NASA selects Amprius and U Maryland for two new battery projects; silicon anode and Li-S

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University of Maryland, College Park: Garnet Electrolyte Based Safe, Lithium-Sulfur Energy Storage. The selected proposals will help improve energy storage with reliable power systems that can survive the wide range of NASA missions in harsh space environments, while cutting their mass by 50% or more.

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Univ. of Maryland researchers using modified Tobacco Mosaic Virus as template for Li-ion electrodes

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An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Maryland’s A. Funding for the research comes from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the University of Maryland.

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