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Flash Drive: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

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The second generation 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid continues what Kia started in 2017 when the Niro Hybrid debuted. We liked it then and like the all-new Niro hybrid even more. The 2023 Kia Niro hybrid is the class leader in fuel economy. All-New Updated Styling+Higher MPG and Longer Range. Efficient with Low Emissions.

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NASA moves Environmentally Responsible Aviation project into next phase of research with 8 large-scale technology demonstrations

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Flap and Landing Gear Noise Reduction Flight Experiment : Analysis, wind tunnel and flight tests to design quieter flaps and landing gear without performance or weight penalties. and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Our next steps will help us work towards that goal.

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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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Under the new contracts, the teams will now develop concepts and models that can be tested in computer simulations, laboratories and wind tunnels. The program’s Subsonic Fixed Wing Project oversees the work at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Langley Research Center in Virginia. million, three years.

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

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The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Statewide Paratransit Bus Hybrid Program: Purchase 31 paratransit hybrid buses to replace 31 gas and diesel vehicles.

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Chicago Plugging Green

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T hrough the leadership of Mayor Richard Daley , the City of Chicago has joined Plug In Partners with a big bang by committing to purchase 850 plug in hybrid vehicles. Now, as a Plug In Partner , Chicago becomes an important part of the move toward Plug in Hybrids. Recently, Chicago's greening was highlighted in Time.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Field Testing and Validation of Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) , $500,000. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Johnson-Matthey (Cleveland, United Kingdom). IP Group, Inc.