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CARB Executive Order certifies Toyota’s heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit as a Zero-Emission Powertrain (ZEP)

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Toyota was earlier granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order (A-014-1170) from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit. The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8 Earlier post.)

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

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a start-up in Los Angeles, have begun shipping portable plug-and-play, cabinet-based holoportal systems the size of a telephone booth. She and others who took part in the presentation appeared extraordinarily real. Now, sans the glasses, two venture-backed companies are impressing viewers with ostensibly similar technologies.

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Southern California Edison to buy 261 MW of energy storage projects; largest grid-connected storage purchase in US

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The selection was part of a larger contracting for 2,221 MW of power from diverse new resources. In October, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) released a plan to procure 178 MW of energy storage capacity by 2021. —Janice Lin, Executive Director of the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA).

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Nostalgic Beach Supplies, Egg Cups and More

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Garden Party Ikebana Essentials From the Fashion Designer Ulla Johnson The New York-based fashion designer Ulla Johnson has collaborated with the British Japanese home and gardening brand Niwaki on a five-piece ikebana kit, launching next week.

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Volkswagen showcasing electric I.D. BUZZ CARGO, Cargo e-Bike concepts at LA Auto Show

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At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO shown in Los Angeles has been reimagined from the version first shown in Hannover earlier this year. Based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), and a sibling to the I.D. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Toyota to form hydrogen gasoline cells in Kentucky in December

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The ramp up, albeit at petite volumes, is a part of Toyota’s push to jump-start the worldwide marketplace for gasoline mobile era by means of feeding call for for business vehicles. “Building a fuel cell drivetrain kit has never been done in one of our plants outside of Japan.”

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. If Los Angeles County were a nation, its economy would be the 18th largest in the world.

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