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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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Despite its size, the assembly plant at Blue Oval City is designed to have as minimal an impact as possible on the surrounding environment—and even to generate positive impacts. The assembly plant’s goal is to have a regenerative impact on the local environment through biomimicry in design of the facility.

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EV bus manufacturer Proterra reaches 1,000,000th mile in revenue service

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TARC (Louisville, Ky.), million pounds of emissions from being released into the environment. Customers receiving the awards were: Foothill Transit (Pomona, Calif.), WRTA (Worcester, Mass.), the City of Seneca, S.C./Clemson Clemson Area Transit, RTC Washoe (Reno, Nev.), and StarMetro (Tallahassee, Fla.).

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See Inside DARPA's Incredible Subterranean Finals Course

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When DARPA announced that the Subterranean Challenge Final Event would take place in a giant cavern complex in Louisville, and that it would include elements of tunnels, caves, and the urban underground, we had very high hopes for what the agency would put together. And, predictably, DARPA vastly exceeded those hopes.

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Honda-Led Research Team Devises Method to Control Growth of Nanotubes with Metallic Conductivity

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in conjunction with researchers at Purdue University and the University of Louisville, has developed a method for controllably growing carbon nanotubes with metallic conductivity. Source: Honda RI. Click to enlarge. A team of researchers from Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.,

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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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This technology helps San Francisco get one step closer to full zero emissions operations, improving the health of the city’s environment and its residents. Boston, Louisville, Montreal, Nashville, and Seattle are using Series-ER technology to cut down emissions. Initial SF Muni Green Zone routes.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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Louisville, Ky.; Through its Rolling Laboratory, UPS uses a research-based approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions for the location, route and driving environments. The resulting decrease in the use of conventional gas and diesel decreased CO 2 emissions by 100,000 metric tons, he said. Orlando, Fla.; Salina, Kan.;

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Video Friday: Preparing for the SubT Final

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Team Explorer, the SubT Challenge entry from CMU and Oregon State University, is in the last stage of preparation for the competition this month inside the Mega Caverns cave complex in Louisville, Kentucky. Meaning, it needs to be able to perform a collection of tasks in practically any environment. This is early AI in action.