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Bombardier (now Alstom) to convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power

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To help France meet its sustainability targets, Bombardier will now convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power. The effort is part of France’s strategy to eventually phase diesel power out of its national rail fleet. The range in battery mode will be at least 80 kilometers.

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Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

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Highview Power Storage, Inc., a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system.

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Porsche renews plan to make Macan crossover a "fully battery-powered model series"

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In a report of its 2019 financial results, Porsche reiterated that the Macan will be the "second, fully battery-powered model series"—after the Taycan. It's a significant move, as the Macan is currently Porsche's bestselling model. The automaker previously said the.

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King County Metro to begin testing electric buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge

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King County Metro, the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle, will soon begin testing long-range battery-powered buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge, the latest milestone toward a zero-emission fleet.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( DE-FOA-0000988 ). EERE is focused on achieving well?defined defined mid?to?long derived fuels, drop?in

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Bosch trialing Neste renewable diesel; aims to offer renewable and synthetic fuels at all company filling stations in Germany

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Since early November, the cars chauffeuring the management board members of Robert Bosch GmbH have been running on fully renewable diesel. a trademark of Toolfuel, is short for CO 2 Reduction, Arctic Grade, Renewable, Emission Reduction. Renewable and synthetic fuels can contribute greatly to limiting global warming.

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Sumitomo installs first large-scale power system using used EV batteries

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Over the next three years, the system will measure the smoothing effect of energy output fluctuation from the nearby “Hikari-no-mori,” solar farm, and will aim to establish a large-scale power storage technology by safely and effectively utilizing the huge quantities of discarded used EV batteries which will become available in the future.