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Mercedes-Benz first automotive company to certify SAE Level 3 automated driving system for US market; Nevada first state

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Mercedes-Benz is the world’s first automotive company to bring SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving to the US, with Nevada being the first state to confirm the compliance of the system with state regulations. The map data is stored in backend data centers and updated constantly. Tesla’s FSD is still considered SAE Level 2.)

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Blue Bird premieres next-generation electric school bus; more range, faster charging, increased seating; Cummins Accelera powertrain

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The zero-emission vehicle will be on display for the first time from 14-19 July 2023, inside the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. V2G technology allows EV fleet operators to sell excess energy stored in school bus batteries back to electric power companies at a profit.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. To store hydrogen, the researchers would swap the calcium, strontium and boron with hydrogen atoms within the cage. Credit: Olivia Graeve/Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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The proposed project would generate more than twice the amount of electricity produced by the giant 1930s-era hydroelectric dam in Nevada: 9.2 The four caverns combined would store the energy equivalent of 60,000 megawatt-hours of electricity. —Jeff Meyer, managing partner of Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy.

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Tesla partners up to expand Virtual Power Plant program in Texas

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” Through Tesla’s VPP programs, such as this one, Powerwall owners can essentially sell generated and stored electricity back to the grid when demand is high or the grid is facing outages. In November, Tesla’s team at Gigafactory Nevada also celebrated building over 1,000 Powerwall units in a single day.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. To store hydrogen, the researchers would swap the calcium, strontium and boron with hydrogen atoms within the cage. Credit: Olivia Graeve/Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.

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Gevo enters on-road automobile gasoline market in Houston with 12.5% isobutanol blend

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Buc-ee’s, a 37-store regional chain of rest stops in Texas, is the first company to sell the blend, marketed as a high-performance ethanol-free gasoline. Under the partnership, the initial target markets were Musket’s marine and off-road customers in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

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