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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Gulf Coast Basin (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas): The University of Texas at Austin plans to quantify coal from mines and coal ash from power plant resources and refuse as feedstocks for rare earth elements and critical minerals within the US Gulf Coast Basin. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,499,999.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) . Teams from the following universities have been selected to begin the competition this fall: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) / Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL).

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From Coast to Coast: Uncovering the Most Loved Cars in Each State

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Alabama: Ford F-150 Alaska: Subaru Outback Arizona: Toyota Tacoma Arkansas: GMC Sierra 1500 California: Honda Civic Colorado: Subaru Forester Connecticut: Toyota RAV4 Delaware: Ford Explorer Florida: Toyota Corolla Georgia: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hawaii: Toyota Tacoma Idaho: Ford F-150 Illinois: Honda Civic Indiana: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Iowa: (..)

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DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022

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West Virginia. 11,320,762. California. 56,789,406. Connecticut. 29,315,442. 19,978,342. 21,998,178. 14,743,125. 10,280,470. 10,859,512. South Carolina. 10,360,855. South Dakota. 13,074,884. 60,356,706. 15,745,244. Washington. 10,489,110. 11,642,061. 615,000,000.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

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West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. At the end of the second week, students had the opportunity to display their completed hybrid-electric Chevrolet Camaros with a car show at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle. Horiba; DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. The participating universities include: Colorado State University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. McMaster University. Mississippi State University. The Ohio State University. University of Alabama. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. University of Washington.

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Department of Homeland Security orders $4.8 million worth of Beam Global off-grid EV charging systems – Charged EVs

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They’ll be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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