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ZF and start-up Levant Power partnering on first fully active, regenerative suspension for automobiles

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founded in 2009 out of MIT ( earlier post ), is an emerging technology company headquartered working to develop the first fully active, regenerative suspension for the automotive, trucking, mass transit, and defense industries. In addition, there are ZF systems for buses, trucks, agricultural machines and motorcycles.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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DOT’s vision for V2V is that eventually, each vehicle on the roadway (inclusive of automobiles, trucks, buses, motor coaches, and motorcycles) will be able to communicate with other vehicles and that this rich set of data and communications will support a new generation of active safety applications and safety systems.

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UTS study details efficiency benefits of combining ethanol direct injection with gasoline port injection

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The EDI + GPI concept was proposed by MIT researchers in 2005. The UTS team, Yuan Zhuang and Guang Hong, used a modified single-cylinder motorcycle engine (Yamaha YBR250). Earlier post.). Existing methods of using ethanol fuel—e.g.,

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New Proposal for Discrete Road Systems for High-Speed Vehicles and Low-Speed Modes of Transportation Seeks to Enhance Sustainability Without Compromising Benefits of Motor Vehicle Use

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pedestrians, bicycles, pedicabs, mopeds, motor scooters, motorcycles, golf cars, minicars). Delucchi proposes cut-off points of 40 km/h top speed and 500 kg maximum curb weight for the LLM roadway. LLMs would include any mode of transport under these limits (e.g., Graedel and Ester van der Voet, 2010.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Marketwatch ).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Interesting in any case.

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