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AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. in engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi “I come from a long line of farmers. as a staff engineer.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

A VW Transporter van. Start-up Bright Automotive, which in May unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van ( earlier post ), will convert VW Transporter vans with the series hybrid Bright powertrain as a bridge between the concept and the production version of the IDEA. The Bright IDEA and Transporter PHEV.

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JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

These contributions involve a large number of chemical, microphysical, transport and, radiative processes in the global atmosphere. Tronstad Lund emphasizes that the growth in aviation emissions is only partly offset by technological and operational improvements, such as more efficient engines and better landing routines. Pitari, M.J.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

Deret Transport, one of France’s largest logistics companies, has recently opted for the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid. According to Deret spokesperson Jean-Luc Fournier, initial trips with the hybrid fleet have revealed a 25% reduction in fuel consumption compared with trucks with conventional engines.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

Gemini Motor Transport, the primary fuel carrier for Love’s Travel Stops, will be fueling its growing CNG fleet of tractor trailers, which use the new Cummins Westport Low NO x 12-liter natural gas engine, with RNG from the two new locations, as well as an existing station in Tulare.

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California Renewable 2020 Gas 283

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JUNE 23, 2015

IH 2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermochemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. Zeton is the preferred engineering services provider for IH 2 facilities at demonstration scale.

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Convert Transportation Fuel Norway 150

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MARCH 17, 2020

Fatalities from motor vehicle crashes involving a BAC level below 0.08%, by drinking driver status and BAC level, US Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2000?2015. From 2000 to 2015, 37% of more than 600,00 motor vehicle deaths occurred in crashes involving at least one driver with a positive BAC. Lira et al.

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Legal Motor Motors Motoring 221

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

EMT, the transport company of the Spanish capital Madrid, is set to receive another 276 Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT urban buses with natural gas drive in the next two years. The vehicles now on order are two-door, 12-meter solo buses powered by the Mercedes-Benz OM 936 G natural gas engine. The fleet comprises 2000 buses.

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Gas 2020 Mercedes 2000 220

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MAY 17, 2020

The program guides the interested layperson through a selection of parameters: which type of engine should be used, gasoline-burning or diesel, for example, or one powered by natural gas, a fuel cell, or a battery. Our tool offers a very wide range of engine types. —Romain Sacchi. —Romain Sacchi.

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

The Megawatt Charging System cable and connector will be available on ChargePoint’s Power Link 2000 stations, part of its modular Express Plus DC fast charging platform. Additionally, the system is engineered for use in marine and aviation applications. The Megawatt Charging System will initially provide up to 1.2

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Charging Power Powered Solar 52

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JULY 7, 2021

The scope covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the all-electric subsea gas compression system. The award follows completion of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) awarded in 2019. Earlier post.) It also includes interface responsibility, and assistance during installation and commissioning.

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Gas Chevron Australia Gas-Electric 243

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JULY 26, 2023

DME is a clean-burning fuel that can support decarbonization of the off-grid energy sector, including heating, cooking, transport and industrial applications. Subsequent plants are in development in Europe and the United States.

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JULY 3, 2015

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has introduced the latest generation of its OM 471 six-cylinder, in-line heavy-duty diesel engine. Assuming an annual mileage of 130,000 km (80,778 miles) in long-distance transport and a consumption of approx. The first member of the new engine family was the OM 471. liters/100 km (8.25 liters/100 km (8.25

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Mercedes Engine Exhaust Fuel 150

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MAY 30, 2016

Transport operator EMT in Madrid, Spain, has ordered 82 Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT (Natural Gas Technology) buses. The new Citaro NGT with natural-gas engine is approved without restriction for the use of renewable natural gas to DIN 51624. liter Mercedes-Benz M 936 G natural-gas engine. EMT Madrid has a fleet of 1920 buses.

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Mercedes Gas Spain 2000 150

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Predominant black-carbon sources are combustion related: fossil fuels for transportation; solid fuels for industrial and residential uses; and open burning of biomass. Total global emissions of black carbon using bottom-up inventory methods are 7500 Gg yr -1 in the year 2000 with an uncertainty range of 2000 to 29000.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks.

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Singapore 2000 Store IDEA 145

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JANUARY 6, 2016

A Fortune 2000 global company headquartered in Northern Europe has entered into an FEL-2 package license agreement with CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company LTD (CRIUK), a global catalyst technology company. KBR is CRI’s preferred engineering services provider for commercial IH 2 facilities. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 27, 2023

As a coupé, it features classic proportions and lines, but in just a few seconds, the car transforms into a quasi pickup for transporting sports gear—there is even enough space for two e-bikes in the cargo bed. The PPE technology enables charging times that come close to a conventional refueling stop for a combustion engine car.

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Audi Concept Volt Electric 259

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MAY 15, 2014

The SMP model calculates 2000?2050 2050 well-to-wheels (WTW) transportation sector CO 2 emissions in 11 world regions for a number of vehicle types. They converted from an absolute amount to scale relative to 2000. To achieve 450 ppm, WTW LDV CO 2 emissions decrease 25% from 2000 and 34% between 2010 and 2050.

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261

Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2023

SpaceX’s first Starship orbital launch mount (OLM) appears to have passed a busy week of stress-testing, clearing the way for the company to transport a finished Super Heavy booster to the pad. Together, B7’s 33 Raptor 2 engines could produce up to 7600 tons (16.7

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Engine 2000 Installation Power 145

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

—Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. A breakthrough in cellulosic biodiesel production could have broad implications for the transportation sector. In 2016, ExxonMobil announced its partnership with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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Renewable Energy Connecticut Waste 150

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Norwegian transportation company Fjord1 launched the MF Boknafjord , the world’s largest gas ferry. Aside from being gas-powered, the ferry’s hull design and more efficient engine technology yield additional energy savings by reducing fuel consumption and methane emissions. MF Boknafjord. Click to enlarge.

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Gas Gas-Electric 2000 Norway 326

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL also improves recycling and transport of coolant contaminated chips. Cologne Engine Plant in Germany decreased water use per engine by 50% from 2011 to 2012 by switching to the MQL process. MQL also reduces the amount of oil needed to machine an engine or transmission 80% or more, to approximately 100 milliliters (3.4

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Ford Water 2007 Michigan 273

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APRIL 14, 2014

Historical Trends in Black Carbon Emissions from Surface Transportation (teragrams of black carbon per year). The transportation sector accounted for approximately 19% of global black carbon emissions in the year 2000, according to the report. Source: Minjares et al. Click to enlarge. Source: Minjares et al., Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Diesel Emissions Climate 186

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Our R&D activities, such as the carbon capture initiative which is completely new in the field of maritime transportation, pave the future towards next-generation solutions for achieving more energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable maritime transportation. Nikolaos Kakalis, Head of DNV Research & Innovation Greece.

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CO2 Emissions Concept Greece 225

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Adopted in 2000, the Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies required reductions in diesel particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen emissions from urban buses and transit fleet vehicles, and required zero emission bus purchases for transit agencies with 200 or more urban buses.

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Clean Cleaning California Purchase 150

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. This scenario assumes that 100% of the study region’s vehicle fleet will be HEVs by 2050—half of which will be grid plug-in HEVs—but that the fleet will otherwise remain unchanged from 2000 in terms of its relative composition of different vehicle size classes. Stone et al.

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Emissions CO2 Future Transportation 150

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JUNE 12, 2014

Engine options have been developed for best in class fuel efficiency and emissions ratings. liter DOHC in-line 4-cylinder diesel engine or 2.5-liter liter in-line 4-cylinder gasoline engine. Models come equipped with improved versions of Nissan’s 2.5-liter Fuel economy has been improved by as much as 11% over the previous model.

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Fuel Economy Nissan Economy Fuel 210

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JULY 27, 2013

UPS also set a new alternative fuel goal of one billion cumulative miles (from a baseline of the year 2000) driven by alternative fuel/advanced technology vehicles by 2017, said David Abney, UPS Chief Operating Officer—more than double the previous goal of 400 million miles. million gallons of fuel. million gallons of fuel.

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Alternative Fuels Miles 2017 Fuel 268

Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2024

However, no true solutions can be developed and implemented without the technical expertise of engineers. Encouraging visionary, futuristic thinking is the function of the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance. National Science Foundation ’s Directorate for Engineering , for which I serve as principal investigator.

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Engine Climate Change Climate Future 94

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MARCH 25, 2014

Selective catalytic reduction is a technically feasible, cost-effective way to achieve the limits on nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions from ships mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for 2016, according to a study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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Standards Mariner Fuel 2016 218

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JUNE 29, 2011

This is the second largest annual decline since the monitoring scheme began in 2000. The average engine capacity of the cars sold in 2010 slightly increased compared to 2009. Had weight not increased, the CO 2 reduction would have been 5%, claimed Transport & Environment (T&E), a European sustainable transport NGO.

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Emissions CO2 Scrappage 2009 207

Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Bookings for the e-Luna will open on January 26th and is likely to be formally launched in February in Delhi in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, said sources.

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Green Personal India IDEA 40

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

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JANUARY 1, 2023

Each January, we look at projects across the globe and from a range of engineering disciplines that will have major milestones in the coming year. Riezenman wrote about hydrogen fuel cells as a promising answer to long-haul transportation needs. Back in 2001, Senior Editor Michael J. Meanwhile, have some fun with this issue.

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Hydrogen 2001 2000 Climate 120

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

—Sven Ennerst, Head of Global Product Engineering and Procurement at Daimler Trucks. While transport undertaken by the road transport sector has significantly increased, the number of road users injured or killed in accidents involving trucks is in steep decline.

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