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PNNL hybrid research vessel hits the water

Seattle-based Snow & Company recently launched the 50-foot plug-in hybrid research vessel it is building for the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) into Lake Washington.

The vessel, the R/V Resilience, is set for for delivery to the PNNL-Sequim campus, in Sequim, Wash., in 2024. The Seqim campus houses the only marine research facilities in the Department of Energy.

PNNL is managed for the Department of Energy by Battelle and Snow calls the vessel its “battle cat.”

https://www.marinelog.com/news/pnnl-hybrid-research-vessel-hits-the-water/

Exclusive: Feds award major truck platooning contract to California PATH

A California research organization has been selected by the federal government to answer critical questions on the benefits of truck platooning in a project considered to be a significant next step in trucking automation.

California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH), a research and development program of the University of California, Berkeley, was selected from among three research organizations that participated in Phase 1 of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA)...

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