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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

Green Car Congress

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; DTNA and three other major truck OEMs were awarded multi-million dollar grants by the DOE and each matched the DOE funding dollar for dollar. and anti-idle testing in both a cold chamber and hot chamber.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Project locations.

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Legacy Automakers and the Tesla EV Narrative

EV Adoption

But the automakers and dealers need to invest in something like an “EV University” that would train sales people not only on how to educate buyers about EVs and especially the EV charging process – but how to counter Tesla comparisons. Portland-based Chargeway has a beacon display solution designed just for this purpose.

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Consortium to test Carnot isothermal compression technology for CNG refueling

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Northwest Natural Gas Company of Portland, Oregon and Carnot Compression LLC based in Scotts Valley, California have formed a consortium to build and test an innovative CNG refueling unit. Empirical data will be collected and verified by the University of Portland and George Fox universities under a separate grant.

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