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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place. The leading electric vehicle markets identified here are a collection of larger high-technology cities, as well as smaller university towns. Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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EPA announces 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners

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The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners were honored at a ceremony in Portland, Ore. Dow AgroSciences, LLC of Indianapolis, Ind. on 13 June. CB&I, Albemarle, and Neste have replaced the traditional toxic and corrosive liquid acid catalysts with safer technology that has a lower environmental impact.

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

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Accelerated Data Analytics for Power-system Time-series (ADAPT), $600,000 Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Ore. Argonne National Laboratory. Pipersville, Pa.

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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Project Get Ready will collaborate with targeted communities that have started convening local players to develop and implement plug-in adoption plans, utilizing what RMI calls its “ universally recognized convening power ”, as well as technical analysis. Laura Schewel, project manager.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Portland General Electric. Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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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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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Indianapolis, IN. Indianapolis, IN. Potential locations in IN : Anderson, Morristown, Greenfield, or Indianapolis Fargo, ND. Clair, MI Pontiac, MI Holland, MI. EnerDel, Inc. Kokomo, IN. Allison Transmission, Inc. Ford Motor Company.

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