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Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in high performance electric motor manufacturer H3X

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H3X Technologies announced the completion of an investment by Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), the venture arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. H3X has invested heavily in vertical integration and does design, manufacturing, and testing in-house at their headquarters in Louisville, Colorado.

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ZEON to introduce new anode and cathode binders for Li-Ion batteries

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ZEON Corporation and its North American subsidiary, Zeon Chemicals, L.P., is a wholly owned subsidiary of ZEON CORPORATION of Tokyo, Japan, a global provider of specialty elastomers, polymers and specialty chemicals. Zeon Chemicals L.P.

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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Workhorse Custom Chassis and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid power system from Eaton Corporation. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix.

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Walmart showcases WAVE tractor-trailer at MATS; micro-turbine range extended electric vehicle with 45.5 kWh Li-ion pack

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Walmart showcased its Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky. WAVE is a Range Extending Series Hybrid that features a microturbine Range Extender generator developed by Capstone Turbine Corporation. Powertrain. Laydon Composites Ltd.; and Whiting.

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Ford’s water strategy complements the company’s overall Code of Human Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibilities. Louisville Assembly Plant (US): Recently replaced parking lot asphalt with pervious paving blocks to manage stormwater runoff, helping protect nearby bodies of freshwater.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Louisville, Colo. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Catalyst Leaching Resistance for the Oxidative Production of Biobased Chemicals, $335,000 Forge Nano, Louisville, Colo. Tustin, Calif. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Louis , Mo. San Jose, Calif.

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NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects

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CDI Corporation; Honeywell Aerospace; Pan Computing LLC; Penn State University; United Technologies Research Center; and the University of Louisville). Concurrent Technologies Corporation; General Electric; and Robert C. University of Texas - El Paso (Lockheed Martin; Northrop Grumman Corporation; rp+m, Inc.;