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CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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Further development on range across temperature variations, heavy hauling, fine tuning auxiliary load to avoid waste, increased number of hours on current and additional units will support continued technological evolution. CPKC moves essential goods across a 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the US and Mexico.

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‘‘Retrofitting can be a better option than investing in new commercial vehicles’’ | Autocar Professional

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MK Agrawal: Instead of scrapping entire vehicles, retrofitting enables the reuse and repurposing of existing vehicle chassis and components, minimising waste generation and landfill burden. Where are the kits coming from? Are they imported or made in India? Telangana SRTC will be the first one for this.

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Biomethane Pickup Debuts in Flint, Michigan

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installed a kit that allows the biofuel truck to run on both natural gas and gasoline. The Swedish Biogas Project will produce alternative energy from waste removed from the city's wastewater treatment plant. Mott Foundation, Swedish agencies, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). Baytech Corp.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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When the center opened in 1970, it was unlike other major industrial research laboratories; its work wasn’t tied, even loosely, to its corporate parent’s current product lines. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. and Toronto, Ont.,

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Hyundai begins rollout of Ioniq Hybrid, PHEV and EV; most efficient non-plug vehicle, most efficient EV in US; powertrain discussion

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Mike O’Brien, Hyundai vice president of corporate and product planning, noted that the “green car market” in the US has declined a bit—about one hundred thousand units since its high in 2013 with 3.8% The Ioniq EV also features a sophisticated heat pump system that integrates recovered waste heat from the power electronics.

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Hyundai begins rollout of Ioniq Hybrid, PHEV and EV; most efficient non-plug vehicle, most efficient EV in US; powertrain discussion

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Mike O’Brien, Hyundai vice president of corporate and product planning, noted that the “green car market” in the US has declined a bit—about one hundred thousand units since its high in 2013 with 3.8% The Ioniq EV also features a sophisticated heat pump system that integrates recovered waste heat from the power electronics.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. E.ON’s Mr. Ewert says one winning technology could be biogas, which can be fermented from farm and domestic waste or even sewage, and then be piped through existing gas networks. Dimming the Lights to Meet Demand About Green Inc.

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