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California Energy Commission awards more than $5.5M for green transportation projects and $1.8M for 20 energy research projects

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Funds for these projects—which span areas as diverse as a new crossover valve for the split-cycle Tour Engine ( earlier post ) to a new solar thermal storage device capable of integration with utility scale solar thermal power plants—come from Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

If you’re CATL, you can sell in mass quantities to GM and Ford. They’re building a massive site with onsite generation, solar+storage, which is important within the Megawatt Charging System. So now they think maybe they don’t need a 500-mile range, maybe they can get by with 300. It’s less time and effort.

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Roev’s electric ute plans explained: Conversions now, manufacturing its own vehicle by 2026

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Roev, which stands for renewable optimised electric vehicles, has detailed plans to build electric utes, initially starting with Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers converted to electric and eventually branching out to a ute designed and engineered in Australia. It plans to revive car manufacturing in Australia. What is Roev?