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Lightning eMotors creates electric motor coaches at lower cost and CO2 impact

Green Car Reports

A Colorado-based company is giving old diesel buses an all-electric upgrade. While companies like BYD and ProTerra specialize in new fully-electric buses, Lightning eMotors appears to be the first to widely market a kit that upfits existing buses with electric powertrains.

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Tesla Steering Wheel Retrofits have started, and it’s easy to get rid of your yoke

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Tesla Yoke Steering wheels are being replaced by round ones thanks to the automaker’s new retrofit kit that rolled out last month, and it is a pretty easy process to get the traditional wheel back.

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Lightning eMotors delivers first all-electric motorcoach to ABC Companies; order for 200 ZEVs

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The T2145e electric motor coach undergoing final testing in Colorado. ABC also liked that Lightning eMotors would be able to develop custom zero-emission repower kits for a variety of customers and vehicle applications, Cornell said. The first zero-emission motorcoach was delivered in December.

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Virginia Tech launching second annual 3D printed vehicle contest

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This year’s competition will expand beyond Virginia Tech and include participants from the US Air Force Academy, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Electronic base kits, batteries, and cameras for vehicles will be supplied by engineering firm Robotic Research.

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Exascale Computing Project selects 35 software development proposals for $34M in first year funding

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Colorado State Univ. Extreme-scale Scientific Software Development Kit for the Exascale Computing Project: xSDK4ECP, Lois Curfman McInnes, ANL with LBNL, LLNL, SNL, Univ. of Colorado, Rice Univ. EXA-PAPI: The Exascale Performance Application Programming Interface, Jack Dongarra, Univ. of Tenn, UC Berkeley.

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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum-diameter high-power rocketry kit. Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Credit: Dr. Steven F. to 3-in.

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Pay Attention: Toyota Unveils New Tacoma

The Truth About Cars

Hot on the heels of a new Colorado/Canyon and fresh Ranger, the Big T has unleashed a new Tacoma. The popular TRD Sport (and every other trim from here on out) is available only as a Double Cab and the hybrid engine as an option or standard kit. Why are we asking you to pay attention?

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