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Universal Hydrogen secures additional $62M in financing to accelerate first test flight of hydrogen-powered regional aircraft to 2022

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Universal Hydrogen closed a $62-million new funding round; the oversubscribed round was completed less than six months after the company’s Series A ( earlier post ), bringing total raised to $85 million. Full-scale prototype of Universal Hydrogen's gaseous hydrogen module, with one capsule removed.

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California to receive more than $236M to support transit agencies’ transition to zero-emission buses

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Expanding Hydrogen Fuel Cell Usage in the Coachella Valley. Going Green: Hydrogen Fuel Transition Project. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Los Angeles Zero Emission Bus and Infrastructure Deployment Project.

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Nikola secures $41.9M award to build six heavy-duty hydrogen stations in CA

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million grant from the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to construct six hydrogen refueling stations for heavy-duty trucks across Southern California. The planned hydrogen refueling stations will operate under the HYLA brand, which Nikola introduced this year in partnership with Voltera. The post Nikola secures $41.9M

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True Zero’s California hydrogen network hits 2M miles fueled mark; second 1M miles in 60 days

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True Zero , which operates the world’s largest network of hydrogen charging stations, has powered two-million miles of zero-emission driving on California roads 60 days after reaching its first million miles. Earlier post.). Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai have also announced plans to begin retailing a fuel cell car in the near future.

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

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As someone living in California, I immediately flashed on all the oil pumpjacks I pass on the drive from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, so he didn’t have to convince me that the infrastructure exists. million financing round. They came up with what they call cryo-compressed hydrogen. There are 2.6 The company has raised $4.3

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These StartUps are going to Challenge Tesla

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Fisker , a Los Angeles-based automotive company, will sell its first electric car, Ocean crossover SUV by the end of 2022. However, this time the company has adopted a different strategy to create and finance its product. It will combine stored battery electricity and hydrogen-powered electricity to run the vehicle.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview.

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