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Ford Anticipates 10-25% Of Its Global Fleet to Be Electrified by 2020

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Currently (2010), electrified products (only hybrids at this point) represent 1% of Ford’s global fleet. Moving forward, Ford is electrifying its highest volume global platform (the C platform, rather than using unique platforms. There must be a national and actually global constancy of purpose on this journey. Nancy Gioia.

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Lucid Motors opening 20 sales and service locations in N America through 2021

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Most immediately, Lucid will open Studios and service centers in the following locations: Silicon Valley Studio: Located at Lucid’s Global Headquarters in Newark, CA. San Jose Studio: Located at Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, CA. Los Angeles Service Center: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA.

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

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Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.

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Savari and SAIC Motors partner on V2X technology for China

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V2X, compared to these sensors, offers the benefit of working in a non-line-of-sight environment with a 0.6 SAIC Innovation Center, the San Jose based SAIC Motor’s advanced technology center, is focusing on integrating emerging technologies into vehicles. 1 km range. —Wenhua Huang, President of SAIC USA.

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British Airways partners with Velocys on renewable jet fuel from household waste

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The UK still sends more than 15 million tonnes of waste per year to landfill sites which not only damages the natural environment but also releases further greenhouse gases. This will contribute to both global carbon emissions reductions and local air quality improvements around major airports.

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Driverless Buses Provide New Routes for Robotaxi Tech

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The San Jose-based Imagry is leading this charge. Those successes spurred the companys leadership to scale up production and go global. Imagrys buses are equipped with eight specialized cameras, each monitoring a unique aspect of the environment. It makes an autonomous driving software stack that it sells to automakers.

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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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The departed air board officials said they were frustrated by administration meddling in both the diesel construction equipment crackdown and the implementation of landmark legislation the governor signed last year to curb global warming. It's utterly mystifying," she said.

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