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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of those, approximately 180 full applications were encouraged, and 37 final awardees were selected through a rigorous review process with input from multiple review panels composed of leading US science and technology experts and ARPA-E’s program directors. of Georgia). NC State University. Sion Power Corporation. 4,973,724.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

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Laurie Garrow, Georgia Tech And somehow, the cost would be no greater, either. Garrow , a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, agrees. The FAA reviews and then either approves or rejects the proposal. As Georgia Tech's Garrow sees it, “vertiports may be one of the greatest constraints on scalability of UAM.”

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds. The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5 City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000.

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Lucid Gravity drive, Acura ZDX review, Jeep plug-in hybrid pickup: The Week in Reverse

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Yesterday in a review of the Acura ZDX Green Car Reports looked at whether the first fully electric vehicle from this Honda luxury brand keeps it on-brand—even with GM bones. 2025 Lexus UX 300h Hyundai last week confirmed that its Metaplant in Georgia, once due to be a dedicated EV plant, will also get U.S.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

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Hyundai says a recharge from 10 percent to 80 percent will take just 18 minutes (under optimal circumstances). Hyundai says the 800-volt battery pack will recharge from 10 percent to 80 percent in just 18 minutes (under optimal circumstances). No US reviews yet. This allows large battery packs to be charged at 250 to 350 kW.

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The EV Transition Explained

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The combination permits the Lightning to travel 230 miles (370 km) without recharging and go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 In reviewing each article, readers should bear in mind Nobel-prize winning physicist Richard Feynman's admonition: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.".

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

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The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. Like the larger XC40 Recharge, it’s relatively slab-sided and upright, and its 7.0-inch and Canada chosen by their peers. It felt closer to that of a hybrid with a 1.5

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