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DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. ACI engines can deliver both high efficiencies and low emissions. University of Michigan.

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California Energy Commission awards nearly $5M to encourage natural gas-powered buses and trucks

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The awards, funded from the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, help to pay the difference between a conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicle and one powered by a cleaner alternative fuel. The natural gas-powered vans will be in the 14,001 to 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight range.

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Nikola inaugurates first HYLA modular hydrogen refueling station in Ontario, CA

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There’s a big push for zero emission trucks in California right now, in response to California’s new truck regulations. For a zero emission truck, you’ve got basically two choices: batteries, or hydrogen fuel cells. But that’s some ways off.