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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.
Green Car Congress
MAY 11, 2009
a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. The low carbon footprint of RenDiesel would help the transportation sector meet targets established by the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2009
has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The converted hybrids were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation, which provided the hybrid-electric systems ( earlier post ). FedEx Corp.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 3, 2021
Because California is a community-property state, George effectively lost half his fortune overnight. Then we turned our minds to making a "strategic partnership" with a large corporation instead. But we almost closed a joint deal with two vast corporations, General Motors and Philips. George and Marcia Lucas divorced in 1983.
Cars That Think
APRIL 30, 2023
The diagram helped me to see where protocols would need to be standardized.” his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. A draft of a formal TCP standard came out in December 1973. It was weird, but I was mesmerized.”
Green Cars News
JULY 22, 2009
The hybrid conversions took place in Charlotte, North Carolina over the last six months and were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation. These standard trucks used in the retrofit programme were models from 2000 or 2001 with 300,000-500,000 miles on the clock.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2013
Historically the emissions characteristics of the Rotapower engine while running on alcohol-based fuels were at levels comparable to those of Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles established by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). The Skycar 400 requires 850 hp (634 kW) to takeoff vertically on a standard day at sea level with four passengers.
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