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Meritor collaborating with Peterbilt on all-electric Class 8 trucks; selects UQM as supplier for e-axles

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Meritor will supply high-efficiency and lightweight axles, drivelines and brakes that maximize system efficiency, extend range and increase payload. The development program between the two companies was initially announced in February 2017.

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DOE awards $98M in tax credits to automakers and suppliers for clean technology manufacturing

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billion, the tax credit was made available to 183 domestic clean energy manufacturing facilities during Phase I of the program. The Phase II awards were launched to utilize $150 million in tax credits that were not used by the previous awardees and support projects that must be placed in service by 2017. Funded at $2.3 Description.