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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. Kansas City Power & Light. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Partners with Clean Fuels Ohio Program To Target $10M in Federal Funding

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation (SEV-US) and the Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research are participating in the Ohio Electric Drive Initiative as major program partners. SEV-US Corp will assemble all-electric commercial vehicles in Kansas City beginning in the third quarter of 2009. Bryan Hansel, CEO of SEV-US.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. Purchasing Agreements; train and deploy Energy Coaches who will work. The Mid-America Collaborative for Alternative Fuels Implementation project will focus diversifying transportation fuel options in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. 499,918. .

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Smith Telemetry for EVs Launches at CV Operator Show

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Phase One of LCVPP offers subsidies to select public sector bodies, giving them the chance to purchase electric and hybrid vans at the same price as the equivalent diesel vehicles. Governments around the world are funding programs to evaluate electric vehicle technology.

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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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The crop propagations, planting and mitigation and monitoring plan for Freedom Giant Miscanthus, a crop based on strains developed by Mississippi State University, will be coordinated by REPREVE Renewables LLC. ReEnergy Holdings LLC, has three committed facilities dedicated to purchasing from growers in the project area.

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DOE awarding $6M to 11 projects to accelerate alternative fuel vehicle market growth

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Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. West Virginia University Research Corporation.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.