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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

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Thanks to the combination of solar cells and lithium batteries, she says, “our boats can operate and travel nonstop for months, without needing refueling or external recharging.” Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica.

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Reexamination Certificate for Lithium Iron Phosphate Patent 640 Is Published

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In 2006, Hydro-Quebec filed suit against Valence Technology and A123Systems for infringement of two patents behind rechargeable lithium iron phosphate-based batteries with a particular crystal structure: the 5,910,382 patent, issued on 8 June 1999, and the 6,514,640 patent, issued on 4 February 2003.

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California rapidly depleting Central Valley groundwater

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warn that the current rate of groundwater depletion in the Central Valley may be unsustainable and could have “ potentially dire consequences for the economic and food security of the United States.” km 3 for the study period, or nearly the capacity of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States.

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ABAT and Wuxi Angell Autocycle Introduce Three Hybrid Motorcycles

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ABAT), a developer, manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries and Wuxi Angell Autocycle Co., The computerized control puts the motorcycle on pure-electric drive at low speed, and switches to the gasoline engine at high speed while recharging the batteries. Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc.

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Air Line Pilots Association Calls for Temporary Ban on Li-ion and Li-metal Battery Shipments on Airliners

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The incidents, which took place in Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and Honolulu, Hawaii were similar to a 2006 battery fire aboard a DC-8 in Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world’s largest pilots union, representing nearly 53,500 pilots at 36 airlines in the United States and Canada.

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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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And since these trucks typically operate on almost the same route every day and return to a company garage at the end of every operation, systematic central recharging is feasible. The comparison involved a 2011 Smith Newton electric truck powered by a 120 kW electric motor, and a 2006 Freightliner truck powered by a Cummins diesel engine.

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Energizing America

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Here is a piece he wrote a week before the State of the Union. 24, 2006 One week from today, President Bush has an opportunity to make a truly historically significant State of the Union address. Energizing America Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Jewish World Review Jan.

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