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Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

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In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 million tonnes in 2013—an increase of 9.4 Mt, or 57%, over the 2003 level. Larger scale allows Westport and Prins to capture cost efficiencies.

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Plug In America study projects Tesla Roadster packs will retain 80-85% capacity after 100K miles

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The finding, released at the Teslive Tesla users conference (a partnership between Tesla Motors Club (TMC) and Tesla Motors), bests initial projections set by Tesla Motors in 2006 which suggested a 70% capacity retention after five years and 50,000 miles driven, said Tom Saxton, Plug In America’s chief science officer, who wrote the study.

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Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years

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“ First, this report serves as an interim evaluation of the evolving science midway through an IPCC cycle: IPCC’s AR5 (Fifth Assessment Report) is not due for completion until 2013. Upwards of 80% of the warming created by the emission of manmade greenhouse gases are now stored in the world’s oceans. Resilience.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I

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