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The City of Chicago has awarded San Francisco Bay Area startup Motiv Power Systems a $13.4-million In total, the City of Chicago has 600 garbage trucks in operation. The Motiv EV refuse trucks planned for Chicago will use the same ePCS system as the pilot bus, but include a larger motor, and 10 battery packs. Earlier post.).
The project selections were approved as part of the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and supporting equipment and facilities. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). Broome County (NY). Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
billion in grants to continue the development of high-speed intercity passenger rail corridors. Grant awards, including the $2.1 billion per year in new business and up to 55,000 jobs; in Chicago, up to $6.1 The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will begin accepting applications for $2.1
Through the Chicago-Area EV Infrastructure Project, 26 fast-chargers have been installed, with 73 total fast-chargers planned. The installations, managed by 350Green, were performed by Chicago-based JNS Power & Control Systems. The Chicago-Area EV Infrastructure Project is funded in part by the state’s Illinois Jobs Now!
billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Navistar, Inc.
Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Total DOE award: $14,999,905.
Ford conducts many tests before granting the product application ready status (AR). ArcelorMittal R&D in East Chicago was charged with the product design. We had a product, that was engineered to have very good weldability desired by Ford. No other steel grade had been tested this much because this steel grade was so new and unique.
The project is funded in part by the largest federal grant of its kind—a $1.35-million million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for advanced technology to help bridge the first/last mile gap. million rides per month, and is growing rapidly.
The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) announced the first research grants from the EPIC-UCAS Joint Center for Energy Policy Research in China.
The contract stems from a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant received by StarMetro to pursue fast-charge, electric transit buses and charging stations. Six other urban transit agencies received similar FTA grants. Chicago Transit Authority; and Fresno Area Express (FAX) in Fresno, Calif. Earlier post.)
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Hyundai Motor America expanded its support for COVID-19 drive-thru testing to 22 hospitals nationwide with $4 million in grants through its Hyundai Hope On Wheels program. These grants are designed to combat the coronavirus by providing increased access to testing throughout the nation. Source: Seegene.
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I remember reporting on the news that NASCAR was coming to Chicago. It was awesome watching the Xfinity cars blast around the city, and the area of Grant Park being used does seem to be a bit larger than what Lolla needs, and we locals are used to events shutting down this part of the city. And the Taste of Chicago, and.
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flatbed on an IH 4300 chassis and will be used to maintain the electrical grid within the City of Chicago. million grant from the City of Chicago that stems from $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding awarded to the city by the US Department of Energy (DOE) under its Clean Cities Grant program.
The recipients of the cooperative research grants are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Chattanooga Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), and Utah State University. The MIT project will conduct field experiments to demonstrate the mobility and energy efficiency impacts in Boston and Chicago. The project received $1.75
million in two stimulus grants to CleanFUEL USA to establish more than 100 liquid propane (autogas) refueling stations in major US cities in coordination with CleanFUEL USA partners, including ConocoPhillips. The first station will be installed in Atlanta followed by Chicago, Houston, Denver and Sacramento.
The new Level II (240V/30A) charging station allocation and installation is made possible through a Department of Energy grant to MGE and will be available to the community for the duration of the three-year public demonstration project. The new stations will bring the total number of ChargePoint stations to 24 within the community.
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Gregory Voth, University of Chicago, received 100 million core hours to investigate charge transport in thin-film ionomers. Breakthroughs in the fundamental understanding of these interfaces are urgently needed for the design and development of novel materials for energy applications.
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) have identified molybdenum disulfide as a promising cost-effective substitute for noble metal catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. A paper on their work is published in the journal Nature Communications. Paaren Graduate Fellowship.
The former CEO of electric-car charging network 350 Green pleaded guilty last week to fraudulently obtaining federal grants intended to be used for installation of public charging stations, notably in the Chicago area.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $1.44-million million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to discover new 2D materials that can be used to manufacture better and cheaper batteries. During the four year grant cycle, Salehi-Khojin and Klie will be assisted by researchers at Washington University of St.
million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will support the building of 13 battery-electric school buses as part of the Sacramento Regional Zero-Emission School Bus Deployment Project. The 13 buses will go to Elk Grove Unified School District and Twin Rivers Unified School District.
The companies expect to break ground on the first Dallas-Fort Worth station in the third quarter of 2010, which will be followed with projects in Austin, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Indianapolis, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio and St.
Electrovaya will showcase the Maya-300 at the 9 th National Motor Vehicle and Aviation Workshops and Exposition (FedFleet 2009) to be held 28 -30 July at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers and the Navy Pier located in Chicago, Illinois. Electrovaya has received approval for a C$16.7 million (US$14.5
Crossing through 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, in Super Cruise-equipped Cadillac CT6 vehicles, the drive program will make stops in major cities across the US including: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; Santa Fe, New Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew Cuomo.
Chicago / Argonne National Laboratory. ALCC grants one year awards. In 2013, 39 ALCC awards were granted, amounting to 1.8 The outcomes will be a deeper molecular understanding of challenges and solutions for development of second-generation biofuels and advancement along the path towards clean energy. 69,000,000 (LBNL).
While China’s experience with rapid, large scale deployment of technologies makes it an important global testing ground and creates opportunities for scientific partnerships between the two countries, it also means that the US cannot afford to take its scientific leadership for granted. Advanced Coal Technologies.
Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with colleagues at Texas A&M University, have used a 3D conformal graphene oxide nanosheet (GOn) coating, confined into the woven structure of a glass fiber separator, which permits facile transport of Li-ions throughout its structure, while inhibiting lithium dendrite formation.
—Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering and lead author. This is a newly discovered reason why these promising batteries have such a steep drop off in efficiency and yield after relatively few charge/discharge cycles.
Only public libraries in IEEE Region 4 currently are eligible for an SKPL grant. Currently all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library have the kits, as do libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The number of libraries applying for SKPL grants has grown.
million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. FedEx showcased a prototype of the eStar electric truck during last month’s “Charge Up Route 66” tour that began in Chicago and ended in Los Angeles as part of the Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference. e-Star Quick Specs. 80 kWh Li-ion pack. 70 kW, 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) motor.
To be eligible for the NYSEV-VIF grant, a vehicle must be a new Class 3-8 all-electric vehicle truck or bus. For the Chicago, California and New York programs, fleets contact Orange EV to submit requests and help manage the process. In this way the total fleet capital outlay is directly reduced.
Between 1988 and 1993, Sematech raised $990 million in government grants and private investment to help US manufacturers recapture their lead in semiconductor technology. There will be a spirited competition for the dollars,” said Jim Greenberger, a Chicago lawyer who is a founder of the consortium.
I will be leaving in a few minutes to head to downtown Chicago to work on our coverage of NASCAR's Grant Park 220 race. I am wondering if NASCAR should continue to do more street races, regardless of how well Chicago things in Chicago go. So, with that in mind, I have a question for you. That's the question.
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These grants will help fund research projects that explore how scientific data can be effectively gathered and used by communities to learn about local air quality. While recent advances in technology have led to the development of low-cost air pollution sensors, they have not been widely tested, especially under field conditions.
The software upgrade is based upon patented technology developed by Chicago-based Ewert Energy Systems , which has granted PICC exclusive rights for its use in Prius conversion kits. (PICC) has completed a software upgrade to its 6.1
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