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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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Flexiv’s Grav Enhanced gripper uses a gecko adhesive, which has historically been difficult to do in a commercial context. In comparison, animals developed multi-segment legs, mechanical coupling between joints, and multi-segmented feet. We’re looking forward to more details on how they’re making it work. It was July 2001. CMU RI ]

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Ongoing market rollout for SAE hydrogen fueling standards

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DOE’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office has made significant investment in hydrogen and fuel cell research and development (R&D) over the last decade, helping to cut fuel cell cost in half and enabling the commercialization of fuel cells for several early market applications. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Ford Exec Cites US Energy Policies As Critical Factor in Shaping Future Vehicle Fleet, Calls for Cap-and-Trade Program

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Cischke was speaking at the Center of Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City last week. By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% Earlier post.) The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) calculates that meeting the proposed Federal policy will require a 5.7%

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Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Achieves 431 Mile Estimated Range; Toyota Targeting Commercialization Within Six Years

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For comparison, the 2009 Toyota Highland Hybrid achieves an EPA-estimated rating of 26 mpg combined fuel economy and has a full-tank range of approximately 450 miles. This evaluation of the FCHV-adv demonstrates not only the rapid advances in fuel cell technology, but also the viability of this technology for the future.

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ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

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In 2011, according to the FAA, commercial aviation was responsible for roughly 5% of US GDP—just over $1 trillion in economic activity. It attributes the transport service provided by and fuel consumption of affiliate carriers to mainline carriers in order to enable comprehensive comparisons across carriers’ full business operations.

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