Welcome to the Green Stock News brief for Thursday July 31st. Here are today’s top headlines:

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ: AUR) has expanded its commercial self-driving truck operations, surpassing 20,000 driverless miles, launching nighttime driverless operations, and opening a new terminal in Phoenix. Its Aurora Driver, equipped with long-range FirstLight Lidar, enhances road safety by detecting hazards in the dark up to 450 meters away—addressing the high rate of nighttime truck-related fatalities.

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy, has demonstrated a successful hybrid quantum-classical computing approach to solve the Unit Commitment problem, which helps optimize power generator schedules to meet electricity demand efficiently. By leveraging IonQ’s 36-qubit Enterprise quantum system, the team produced viable scheduling solutions across 24 time periods and 26 generators, showing promise for improving energy grid management.

NFI Group (OTC: NFYEF) has received a firm order from the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for 46 Xcelsior CNG 40-foot transit buses, supported by Federal Transit Administration funds. These low-emission buses, which produce 90% less nitrogen oxide than diesel engines, will improve air quality and are part of a larger contract for up to 129 buses.

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) has signed a seven-year agreement with South Korea’s CGN-Yulchon Generation Co. to supply eight carbonate fuel cell modules and provide operations and maintenance services at their facility, strengthening its position as a utility-scale power provider in Asia’s advanced fuel cell market. This deal highlights FuelCell Energy’s momentum in clean energy infrastructure, offering scalable, low-carbon power solutions for grid reliability and industrial demand.

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