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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter Escape SE and Titanium trim levels come standard with the new 1.5-liter Ford expects Escape sales this year will exceed that figure.

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Ford now holds 461 patents on hybrid technology, up from 10 in 2000

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Ford Motor Company now holds 461 patents on its hybrid technology, up from 10 in 2000. The development work began to accelerate slowly with the evolution of the Escape Hybrid—the first production hybrid vehicle from a US-based automaker—that was designed and developed in the early 2000s.

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BP awards Colorado State University $5M to research technology for oil recovery from watered-out wells

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In addition, this research eventually could be applied to a wide variety of uses including aquifer mediation, natural gas recovery or carbon dioxide sequestration where the gas, instead of escaping into the atmosphere, is put back into a geological formation. 2000) Water Control. Bill Bailey et al. Oilfield Review.

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Ford, Jose Cuervo team up to make car parts with bioplastic reinforced with blue agave fibers

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Ford began researching the use of sustainable materials in its vehicles in 2000 and uses a number of them, including: Kenaf, a tropical plant in the cotton family, is used in the door bolsters of Ford Escape. EcoLon post-consumer nylon carpeting is used as cylinder head covers in Ford Escape, Fusion, Mustang and F-150.

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Researchers find that abiotic methane can charge deepsea Arctic gas hydrates

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Methane produced by serpentinization can escape through cracks and faults, and end up at the ocean floor. In other known settings the abiotic methane escapes into the ocean, where it potentially influences ocean chemistry. This is the case at Knipovich Ridge, where sediments cap the ocean crust at water depths up to 2000 meters.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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He authored or coauthored more than 100 papers and 14 books, including The Disappearance of Telecommunications , published in 2000 by IEEE Press. He was interested in the details, those small nuances that often escape notice, but for him were the key to truly understanding people and the world around him.

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Tech: Are EVs More Expensive to Repair?

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When hybrid cars first entered the modern automotive landscape in 2000, they were more expensive than their gas counterparts. Only the Ford Escape hybrid requires any extra maintenance. The right car will ensure that you pay as little as possible for repairs. This further saves you on brake pads and other brake parts.