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Honda piloting new road condition monitoring system to enhance safety

Green Car Congress

Honda Research Institute USA is conducting a pilot program in Ohio to evaluate a system that uses GPS coordinates and sensors such as cameras to collect real-time road condition information that can be shared with road operators. —Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks. It’s a labor-intensive process.

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USDA providing $700M to provide economic relief to more than 100 biofuel producers and 195 facilities

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The funds are being made available through the Biofuel Producer Program, which was created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The investments include more than $486 million for 62 producers located in socially vulnerable communities.

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Ryder to be strategic service partner for electric truck and drone manufacturer Workhorse Group

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an Ohio-based battery-electric truck and drone manufacturer. Ryder will be the exclusive maintenance provider for Workhorse’s entire light- and medium-duty range-extended electric vehicle fleet in North America and will provide a combination of warranty and maintenance services as part of Ryder’s SelectCare fleet maintenance portfolio.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years. There is so much to love about driving electric!

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DOE to award up to $2M to 3 projects for hydrogen and fuel cell supply chain and manufacturing analysis

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Funded in part by the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, this funding opportunity supports the Department’s broader effort to boost US competitiveness in the manufacturing sector. The database will allow for the release and maintenance of a directory tool for public interaction with the data.

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Pressing recollects have an effect on greater than 2.5M U.S. cars, Carfax says

Baua Electric

That is the primary generation Carfax has particularly analyzed pressing recollects — a part of their efforts to deal with the 20 to twenty-five % of all recollects that in most cases progress unrepaired, Patrick Olsen, scribbler in leading for Carfax, advised Car Information. Greater than 2.5 million U.S.

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Ballard expects to provide 10 fuel cell modules for new FTA fuel cell bus programs

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Ballard Power Systems expects to supply 10 FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell modules to power clean energy buses as part of two projects that were recently awarded funding by the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Low and No Emission (LoNo) Vehicle Deployment Program. million rides per year throughout Stark County, Ohio.

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