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Embark collaborating with Cummins, ZF on powertrain and steering controls for self-driving trucks

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The integration of the platform-agnostic Embark Universal Interface (EUI) with Cummins’ powertrain interface will enable Embark to leverage Cummins’ ADEPT powertrain features, resulting in improved fuel efficiency and performance of the self-driving system. Collaboration with ZF. —Brandon Moak, CTO of Embark.

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California Energy Commission awards >$6M for EV charging, H2 fueling and V2G

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Operations and maintenance for hydrogen fueling stations: Four grants totaling $1.2 million for the operation and maintenance of hydrogen refueling stations throughout the state. The approved recipients are Air Liquide Industrial, Mebtahi Station Services, CSU Los Angeles University Auxiliary Services, and H2 Frontier.

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DOE awards $2.4M to hydrogen refueling projects

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California State University and Los Angeles Auxiliary Services, Inc. This project will collect data from hydrogen refueling architecture deployed at California State University - Los Angeles. The research team will collect data on station operation, maintenance, repair and energy consumption.

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Transient Plasma Systems says advances are bringing plasma ignition technology closer to commercialization

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Kairos Ventures is the Los Angeles venture capital firm funding TPS. The TPS solution is not expected to need regeneration, unlike conventional diesel particulate filters (DPF), greatly reducing maintenance and improving regulatory compliance. hp diesel engine.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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University of California, San Diego. The University of California, San Diego, seeks to address this issue by developing a low-atomic-number renewable wall for fusion devices that contains a slurry composed of carbon, ceramics, and a volatile binder. University of Houston. University of California, Los Angeles.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. He went on to receive a Ph.D.

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California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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Two of the awardees, Halotechnics and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), also received funds from the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). University of California, San Diego (UCSD): $1 million to use advanced solar forecasting to optimize campus distributed energy resources on the UCSD campus.