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BYD Aims To Boost Job Opportunities In Lancaster

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The company--which has operations in Los Angeles, but is headquartered in China--said BYD has signed a "Community Benefit Agreement" (CBA) which aims to recruit and hire 40 percent of its workers in Lancaster from such disadvantaged groups as veterans, women, and African Americans. Specific terms of the agreement were not announced.

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BYD Rolls Out First Electric Bus In Lancaster

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BYD said it rolled out an all-electric, long-range, 40-foot rapid transit bus in a ceremony at its factory in Lancaster, where it says it expects to build its clean energy electric buses. BYD had announced plans for the Lancaster factory last year. percent of the company. percent of the company. READ MORE>>.

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BYD To Open Manufacturing Facilities In Lancaster

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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD said yesterday, along with the City of Lancaster, that BYD is opening up two new manufacturing facilities in the city. The company said the facilities will be the first in the United States for the company. cleantech electric vehicle manufacturing lancaster rexhall' READ MORE>>.

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Heliogen, Backed By Bill Gates, Idealab and Nantworks, Aims At Solar Thermal

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The company--led by Idealab founder and chairman Bill Gross--also has the financial backing of Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft; Neotribe and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, via Nant Capital, a division of NantWorks. The company's pilot plant is in Lancaster. READ MORE>>.

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Nexus eWater Gets $2.1M For Water, Energy Recycling Device

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The company--which has offices in Lancaster, but is based in Australia--has created a device which takes greywater from homes, and both cleans that water for use in irrigation and captures heat from that water. Photo: the company''s systems in Lancaster). READ MORE>>.

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Nexus eWater Gets NSF/ANSI Cert

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San Diego- and Lancaster-based Nexus eWater , which makes a device which recycles grey water from residences, turning formerly wasted water into energy and water usable for irrigation and other non-potable uses, said it has received NSF/ANSI certification for its systems. The company recently raised $2.1M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Simulations Plus Acquires DILIsym Services

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Lancaster, California-based Simulations Plus , which develops pharmaceutical simulation and modeling software, has acquired DILIsym Services , a developer of drug-induced liver injury simulation software and related consulting services to the pharmaceutical industry. READ MORE>>.

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