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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

Green Car Congress

DOE will provide technical assistance and convene peer-to-peer exchanges to facilitate solution sharing across facilities and fleets. Cleveland-Cliffs. 10% 30% in Water Intensity. 15% 15% in Water Intensity. 20% 20% in Water Intensity. Minimum 50%. Ford Motor. General Motors. Harley Davidson. Johnson Controls.

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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation Establish Partnership; Great Lakes Offshore Wind Farm

Green Car Congress

GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation ( LEEDCo ) of Northern Ohio have formed a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US and involving a broad range of other initiatives.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Cars That Think

We propose a prototype with special designs for propulsion and thruster configuration to cope with the vast differences in the fluid properties of water and air. Daltorio from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and University of Portland, in Portland, Oregon, USA. Leonardo Labs, Rome, Italy.

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