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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement agreement with American Honda Motor Corporation, Inc. In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. Small off-road engines are a major source of pollution in California.

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NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects

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CDI Corporation; Honeywell Aerospace; Pan Computing LLC; Penn State University; United Technologies Research Center; and the University of Louisville). Development of a Low-Cost Lens® Engine. Concurrent Technologies Corporation; General Electric; and Robert C. GE Global Research (3DSim, Inc.; and US Army Benet Laboratories).

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Kairos Power, Oakland, Calif. Development of low-cost magnetocaloric materials, $150,000 General Engineering and Research, L.L.C.,

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Michigan awards $285K to new mobility initiatives that improve roadway safety and sustainability, and customer service

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GEKOT Inc, has partnered with Razor USA and Oakland University (OU) to help address this need. GEKOT will integrate its technical solutions package into Razor electric scooters soon to be deployed on the campus of Oakland University. The campus-wide study will evaluate the effectiveness of GEKOT’s solutions.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif., From selling makeup to becoming an engineer. Born in Tehran, Alamouti did not grow up wanting to be an engineer. Title: Cofounder and executive board chairman. Member grade: Member. Alma mater: University of British Columbia, in Vancouver.

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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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AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Hybrid bus purchase incremental costs: Upgrade forty-foot diesel buses on order to hybrid electric buses.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Peter Valdes-Dapena , CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: April 15, 2009: 2:59 PM ET The Dodge Circuit, slated to enter production late next year, is based on a vehicle platform engineered by Britains Lotus.