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REV Building Four Converted Battery-Electric Vehicles for US Military TARDEC Program; Electric Ford Escape and F-150 Vehicles as Part of Micro-Grid Project

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The order is for three REV 300ACXs and one REV 300AZX based on the Ford Escape and Ford F-150 platforms, respectively. APVs are battery-electric light-duty fleet vehicles that combine proprietary propulsion, power management and mobile communication technologies developed by REV. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery).

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DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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The system will significantly increase methane conversion efficiency and comply with future stringent nitrous oxide regulations. The project team’s technology will consist of a novel methane oxidation catalyst (MOC) formulation capable of high conversion efficiencies at the lower exhaust temperatures in ultra-lean burn engines.

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RIT study ranks 10 most efficient powertrains, 10 lowest energy consumption chassis

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PABE characterizes the powertrain for the effect of powertrain energy conversion efficiency and for regenerative braking efficiency. The most efficient powertrains on the UDDS city cycle by PAGE analysis are (1) Toyota Highlander Hybrid 4WD); Mercury Milan; Mercury Mariner HEV 4x4; and the Ford Escape HEV 4x2.

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DOE AVTA Completes 1M Miles of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Testing

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The AVTA’s testing of PHEVs demonstrates PHEV concepts in real-world usage by using fleet and public drivers. More than 215 PHEVs, representing 12 different PHEV models—mostly conversions—have made up the PHEV test fleet to date. Hymotion Escape A123Systems. Ford E85 Escape Johnson Controls/Saft.

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BAF Technologies Begins Converting 600 ATT Vehicles To CNG in 2009

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estimates that for the years AT&T’s fleet purchase program is operating, more than 1,000 jobs in the United States will be created or saved. In addition, AT&T piloted four Ford Escape hybrids, which were deployed in late 2007 in California. Tags: Conversions Fleets Natural Gas.

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Is Ford First?

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Our fleet is getting smaller and we are working hard on ethanol, biofuels and hybrids," Bill Ford told shareholders. The group plans to rapidly build a small prototype/demonstration fleet of plug-in hybrids using Ford's Escape Hybrid as a platform. auto company has led the field in something this significant."

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Dearman-led consortium awarded $3.1M to develop waste-heat-recovery system using liquid air engine

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The tenth competition under the Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform’s integrated delivery program (IDP), IDP10 is targeting the building of an integrated low-carbon-vehicle innovation chain, from the science base, through collaborative R&D to fleet-level demonstration. The project builds on an earlier TSB-funded project. million (US$4.37

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