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Electric Car Company and Liberty Electric Cars Intend to Form JV for EV Conversions of Luxury 4x4s

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a vehicle conversion company specializing in electric conversions and manufacturing for the livery and fleet markets, and Liberty Electric Cars , USA LLC ( earlier post ) intend to form a joint venture for the conversion of large luxury 4x4s to all-electric drive, as well as the manufacture of new EVs. Electric Car Company, Inc.

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Joule says it has improved the photosynthetic efficiency of its engineered cyanobacteria by nearly 100%

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Louis, Missouri, Joule reported that its has improved the overall photosynthetic efficiency of its engineered cyanobacteria by nearly 100%, and estimates a maximum 14% energy conversion efficiency in its biomass-to-fuels process. At the 2014 Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Annual Meeting in St.

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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

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It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. Preliminary conversations with commercial customers indicate a healthy mix for demand across all eight configurations, with roughly 40% leaning toward high-roof vans and 60% pointing to medium-roof, low-roof, cutaway and chassis cab versions.

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USDA establishes four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas

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Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products.

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Oakland school district now has a 100% electric, V2G-capable school bus fleet – Charged EVs

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In May, the Oakland Unified school district announced the conversion of its entire school bus fleet to EVs. The transition to electric school buses is well underway in California—school districts in the state had ordered over 2,000 electric buses as of late 2023.

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EV Fun Run!

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EVA members can qualify for the ‘Best EV’ and ‘Best Conversion EV’ awards, Martinson continued. The “Mother Road,” as John Steinbeck coined it in his classic 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath , winds from Chicago to Los Angeles, passing through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

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Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. and Chevron Lummus Global achieve production milestone for renewable drop-in fuels

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Joseph, Missouri. The BIC Process combines: ARA’s Catalytic Hydrothermolysis (CH) process for the conversion of plant oils into a high quality crude oil intermediate. Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. Earlier post.) The technology is proven in mature pilot systems. A US patent was granted to ARA in 2010 on the CH process.

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