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Volvo Trucks, UMN partner with local fleets for extreme weather field testing of Volvo VNR Electric truck batteries

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Once the research project in both climates is complete, UMN will publish the results in a series of conference and journal papers, in addition to sharing information with US DOE and Volvo Trucks in the form of a final project report. To date, the EMS tool has helped Murphy and HEB achieve more than a 20% increase in range.

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INRIX and Parkmobile bring end-to-end parking solution to the connected car

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a leading provider of dynamic connected car services worldwide, and Parkmobile, the leading provider of on-demand and prepaid mobile payments for on- and off- street parking and mobility solutions, announced a strategic partnership at the annual International Parking Institute (IPI) conference. INRIX, Inc., cities, including Washington D.C.,

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Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy issue RFI to advance drop-in biofuels for military and commercial transportation

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Representatives from USDA, DOE or Department of Navy will be present at the following events and available to answer industry questions: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo, Honolulu, HI 13-15 September; SRI in the Rockies Conference, New Orleans, LA 2-5 October; Naval Energy Forum, Washington, DC 13-14 October; AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, (..)

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Chrysler/DOE Ram PHEV project exploring battery life modeling

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The longest calendar lives were for packs modeled to be in use in Minneapolis, Detroit and Fairbanks, with 15.8, The RAM Plug-in Hybrid development was initiated last year as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act DOE Vehicle Electrification Program. years respectively at 10,000 miles per year. That dropped to 7.6,

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Summer Update

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Afterward several members of Congress went outside for test drives in a plug-in hybrid brought to Washington by Cal-Cars. The press conference will be at 3:00 pm at Austin City Hall. Investor-owned utilities are starting to sign on as partners. Mr. Woolsey and Ms.

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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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System improvements include high performance fluorescent lighting, LED exit signs, retrofitting existing pole lights; and installing occupancy sensors for private offices, conference rooms and bathrooms. Minneapolis-St. Solar PV system installations range from 5kW to 20kW. Paul Metropolitan Council, Minnesota: $1,100,000.

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