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GILLIG posts highest score for battery-electric bus at Altoona

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GILLIG Battery Electric Bus by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Charlotte, North Carolina. The comprehensive testing assesses key performance areas, such as maintainability, reliability, safety, structural integrity, noise, fuel economy, and emissions. Report Number: LTI-BT-R2021-12 ). With an overall score of 89.5

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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. An estimated 19,100 people have been killed on US roads since January, and 2.2 million were seriously injured.

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Stress Monitors for Plants Can Spot Dehydration

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Reynolds’ family has farmed land in North Carolina for more than 300 years. North Carolina State University In this new work, the researchers focused on corn and soybean plants, given their importance to the global economy and food supply. Reynolds points out they weren’t starting from scratch, however.

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

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G is currently in field trials with full production expected to commence in mid-2016. g/bhp-hr PM and 2016 US greenhouse gas and fuel economy regulations. G will be manufactured in Cummins’ medium-duty engine plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. will unveil the ISB6.7 Earlier post.) The new ISB6.7 The 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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Secretary Vilsack has recognized the bio-based economy as one of the four pillars of rural economic growth, in addition to production agriculture, local and regional food systems, and conservation and natural resources. The announcement is USDA’s latest effort to increase renewable fuel use in the United States.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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The organisation is now working on projects in Missouri, Texas, Colorado, North Carolina, the Midwest, India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. TransPod reported the closure of the first $15 million round of funding from Angelo Investments in November 2016. It was formed in June 2014 and now employs over 300 people.

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