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Battle Motors acquires Crane Carrier Company; Class 7 and 8 vocational truck electrification

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Crane Carrier Company (CCC) has been manufacturing commercial vehicles for 75 years and is based in New Philadelphia, Ohio with 180 sales and service dealers throughout North America. .; and Nick Sampson, co-founder of Faraday Future and former head of vehicle engineering at Tesla.

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Mitsubishi Motors told to pay USD 1 bn over US car crash – ET Auto

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This caused his head to hit the roof of the car, breaking his neck and leaving him paralysed, the reports said, adding that the damages award was one of Philadelphia’s biggest to date. “We will continue to provide vehicles in compliance with applicable laws and safety standards.”

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EPA proposes updates to annual PM2.5 national air quality standard

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updates to its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ). EPA’s proposal would strengthen the annual health standard for PM 2.5 The current annual standard is 15 µg/m 3 , which has been in place since 1997. Source: EPA.

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LADOT wins $2M grant for DTLA “Code the Curb” pilot

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LADOT is a member of the Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) which includes the cities of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Miami-Dade County, and is committed to tackling common problems through shared technology.

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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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To that end, following on Biden’s campaign promise to “end fossil fuel,” policy and investment signals are being sent by various federal agencies and allied state governments to the market about the refining industry: EPA just finalized a light duty vehicle standard that incentivizes at least 17% electric vehicle sales by 2026.

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Joule achieves ASTM compliance for sustainable diesel, jet fuel; direct CO2-to-fuels

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At the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Philadelphia, Joule announced that its Sunflow-D and Sunflow-J products meet the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) for diesel and jet fuel, respectively. ASTM test regimes address a number of critical fuel requirements, such as performance (e.g.

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SMUD announces regional initiative to develop a future mobility center in Sacramento

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The Mobility Center would bring existing regional efforts to secure an electric vehicle prototyping hub and the Autonomous Transportation Open Standards initiative under one umbrella organization. SMUD is funding two feasibility studies to support the Mobility Center.