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Tolero Licenses Biomass Pyrolysis Technology from Univ. of Georgia

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LLC, a Sacramento, California-based biofuels company, has licensed a biomass pyrolysis process from the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc (UGARF). Lead inventor of the technology is Tom Adams, a retired member of the University of Georgia Faculty of Engineering. Tolero Energy.

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Charlotte Douglas International Airport to buy 5 Proterra electric buses; 9th airport

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CLT is the first airport to leverage the Georgia State Contract to purchase Proterra electric buses. The state of Georgia underwent a testing and review process and selected Proterra as a statewide vendor for electric buses, and allows other states to leverage the state contract to simplify the process of purchasing electric buses.

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Super Bowl ad aims criticism at driver assistance suite

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Austin, Texas, where Tesla’s Headquarters is located, Tallahassee, Florida, Albany, New York, Atlanta, Georgia, and Sacramento, California. The ad costs $598,000 to run, a spokesperson for the Dawn Project told CNN. The ad will run in Washington, D.C., 6 months ago we reported FSD would run down a child.

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Tesla-Hertz partnership expands to sixteen new cities

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Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts. Sacramento, California. Initially, Hertz made its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles available in Atlanta, GA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Orlando, FL, San Francisco, CA, and Washington D.C. Burbank, California. Chicago, Illinois. Cincinnati, Ohio. Mountains, Colorado.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). Georgia has a tax credit worth up to $5,000 for zero-emissions vehicles. Nissan has sold 11,703 LEAFs in the US during the first 7 months of 2013—an increase of 230% from the 3,543 units for the same period in 2012.

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EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future

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“A great example from California is the Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Rebates for Fleet Vehicles offered by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). Georgia 14.00 – 1, 1, 1, 3, 5. California has a whopping 134 forms of legislation or purchasing incentives favorable to EVs, while New York has 42.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Significant Cost Reduction Potential for Wave Energy Conversion Devices with Variable Geometry Modules, $102,089 Solar Automated Permit Software for Distributed PV and Battery Storage, $695,000 California Solar + Storage Association (CALSSA), Sacramento, Calif. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.