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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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GE will open a new battery manufacturing plant in Upstate New York that will serve as the main manufacturing facility for GE’s newly launched battery business. The battery business will be a part of GE Transportation and will serve customers in the rail, marine, mining, telecommunications and utility sectors. Jeff Immelt.

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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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The electrification of trucks and buses offers a massive investment opportunity, especially at a time when cities, counties, states and the federal government are exploring ways to merge economic stimulus initiatives with a commitment to build back better.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. By Jim Motavalli for the New York Times. The others are New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. MC will enable one-off charging in Coulomb charge stations with their new touchless "paypass" credit card. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations. Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. MTCO 2 e per person in 2017—the third-lowest among the 50 states, behind New York and Maryland.

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National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries Opts for Kentucky Site for Li-ion Plant

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Kentucky was selected over Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. The 1,551-acre Glendale site, which sits adjacent to Interstate 65 and the CSX rail line, runs along what is called “Auto Alley” and will be submitted as part of NAATBatt’s application to the US Department of Energy.

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50,000 Fleet Vehicles Ordered

Plug In Partners

Here is part of the NY Times editorial. Cars: It's a Start New York Times by Nicholas Kristof Feb. should promise to order 50,000 fleet vehicles of the first viable plug-in hybrid — that would be just the stimulus the carmakers need. That is because electric fuel can be provided by renewable energy such as the wind.

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