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Wabtec signs MOUs with CMU, Genesee & Wyoming to decarbonize freight rail & improve safety; battery and fuel cell locomotives

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In addition, Wabtec announced an MOU with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), The announcements, which are based on a joint vision of building a more sustainable freight transportation network, were made during a ceremonial gathering on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. —Farnam Jahanian, President of Carnegie Mellon University.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. The table below shows the top 10 states in terms of the percentage of electricity generated from coal in 2008, 2018, and 2020. from coal. West Virginia. West Virginia.

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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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The increases occurred only in Alaska (from 9% to 11%) and in Wyoming (from 94% to 96%). Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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Clean Air Power demonstrates Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on combination of diesel, biogas and hydrogen

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Clean Air Power was able to fund the initiative after being chosen as one of the winners of the 2021 First of a Kind (FOAK) competition, which is backed by the Department for Transport in partnership with Innovate UK. FOAK is aimed at making railways cleaner, greener and more passenger friendly.

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Azure Dynamics Reports Sales of 16 More Balance Hybrid Electric Vans and Buses

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1 bus to the City of Charlevoix, Mi as part of a contract award from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) that was announced in September, 2009. from a Wisconsin Department of Transportation contract and utilizes a StarTrans bus body. The bus was sold by Atlas Bus Sales, Inc. North Central Bus Sales in St.

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