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New passenger vehicle diesel registrations in US up 11.5%, hybrids up 65% from 2010-2013; diesel 2.5x hybrids

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times those of hybrids over the period, according to the data. When looking only at cars and SUVs over that period, diesel registrations in the US increased 30% from 640,779 units to 833,324 units; registrations of hybrid cars and SUVs climbed 65% from 1,714,966 units to 2,821,599. Hybrid car and SUV registrations were 3.4

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Ideanomics and GEP unveil the EV street sweeper coming to a city near you

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Ideanomics and Global Environmental Products (GEP) announced today that it has developed a series of zero-emissions, electric vehicle street sweepers that will soon come to New York City, cities in California, Helena, Montana, and Washington D.C. Hybrid were supplied to GEP. and two to Helena, Montana, Ideanomics said.

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Western Governors pledge to create electric vehicle charging network

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The governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow electric vehicles to recharge and travel easily along the 5,000 miles of freeways in the western region. Earlier post.).

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US new light-duty diesel sales dropped slightly in 2016 to 280,000 units from 300,000 in 2015

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Smaller population Western states had the overall highest percentage of diesel passenger vehicles led by Wyoming (11%), Montana (8%) and Idaho (7.5%). Diesel passenger vehicles (cars, pickup trucks and SUVs) continued to outnumber hybrid vehicles in all states except California, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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Montana Nanotechnology Facility, Montana State University with partner Carlton College, PI: David Dickensheets. Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental Resource, Northwestern University with partner University of Chicago, PI: Vinayak Dravid.

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USDA to award $25M for R&D for next-generation biofuels

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Camelina production will be incorporated into a cropping system with wheat-based crop rotations in Montana and Wyoming. New hybrids of energy sorghum will be developed, and other biomass resources include switchgrass and forestry residues. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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These crops, such as switchgrass, hybrid poplar and giant miscanthus, are the first-ever national investments in expanding US biomass resources to meet domestic energy needs.

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