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NSC: US motor vehicle fatalities up 9% in 1H 2016; trending toward deadliest driving year since 2007

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Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council (NSC) indicate motor vehicle deaths were 9% higher through the first six months of 2016 than in 2015, and 18% higher than two years ago at the six month mark. Average gas prices for the first six months of this year were 16% lower than 2015 levels, helping to fuel a 3.3%

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Cummins Westport introducing new ISB6.7 G mid-range natural gas engine

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liter medium-duty, factory-built dedicated natural gas engine for school bus, shuttle bus, medium-duty truck and vocational applications. G is currently in field trials with full production expected to commence in mid-2016. G natural gas engine is based on the Cummins ISB6.7 G natural gas engine is based on the Cummins ISB6.7

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GE Aviation and Turbocoating SPA form JV for Ceramic Matrix Composite Components (CMCs); lighter, more efficient engines

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Equally important, their high-temperature resistance properties greatly enhance engine performance, durability, and fuel economy. operation in Hickory, North Carolina. The LEAP engine will enter airline service in 2016. The new JV, Advanced Ceramic Coatings (ACC), will operate from a dedicated area of Turbocoating''s U.S.

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USDA to invest up to $100M to boost infrastructure for renewable fuel use; seeks to double number of higher blend ethanol fuel pumps

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Higher blends of renewable fuel offer potential for increasing the use of renewable fuels in the US gasoline pool, but currently, the typical gas pump can deliver fuel containing a maximum of 10% ethanol. States that are able to provide greater than a one-to-one ratio in funding will receive higher consideration.

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Let Robots Do Your Lab Work

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One, we just did a workshop at the University of— sorry, North Carolina State University about that very problem, right? And we were the first ones to do that for material science in our 2016 publication. So for example, ideal gas law says that this should happen, right? How would that look like? So there’s two models.

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