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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. 440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. There are currently about. percent efficiency.

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SimplexGrinnell Orders 200 Fusion Hybrids

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SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco International Company and provider of fire and life safety systems and services, recently ordered 200 Ford Fusion Hybrids as part of a company-wide effort to replace 25% of its sales fleet with hybrid vehicles. SimplexGrinnell’s fleet management company.

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Ford introduces new Fusion midsize sedan with new hybrid and Energi plug-in hybrid versions

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2013 Ford Fusion. Ford unveiled the new 2013 Ford Fusion midsize sedan, with conventional gasoline engine; hybrid featuring a next-generation of Ford’s hybrid system; and plug-in hybrid versions at the Detroit Auto Show—the first production sedan to offer that trio of options. The next-generation Fusion 1.6-liter

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Ford launches the 1.5L EcoBoost engine; first in Mondeo, Fusion following; computer-controlled clutch on water pump

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The new engine will be first introduced in China in the all-new Ford Mondeo, making its public debut later this month at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), with applications following in the Fusion sedan in North America this year, and later the new Mondeo in Europe. Production of the four-cylinder 1.5-liter liter V6 EcoBoost in 2009.

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Log9’s Pankaj Sharma on how EVs are redefining mobility | Autocar Professional

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Unlike traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, EVs represent a fusion of hardware and software, where the latter plays a pivotal role in enhancing functionality and driving innovation. Amidst the looming global warming crisis, Electric Vehicles (EVs) emerge as a pivotal solution to decarbonize road transport emissions.

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Univ of Bath powertrain researchers receive £3.2M in new funding; Centre for Low Emission Vehicle Research

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million) will see the current vehicle facility upgraded and branded as the Centre for Low Emission Vehicle Research (CLEVeR). An EPSRC (Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Funding) grant of £2 million (US$3.2 Further funding from the TSB and a collaborative industry project has also been secured.

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U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

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It’s pretty nasty,” says Michael Bender, the international coordinator of the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG). In 2018, an employee at Apollo Fusion approached the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that investigates environmental misconduct in the United States.

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