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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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The teams are committed to continuing the collaboration, beginning with leveraging their collective resources, expertise and opportunities to advance AV technology. San Antonio Area — Fredericksburg Road/Medical Drive corridor and bus rapid transit system. El Paso Area — Tornillo/Guadalupe Port of Entry.

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SwRI, UTSA researchers show biochar is low-cost, effective method to treat fracking water

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Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have determined that biochar, a substance produced from plant matter, is a safe, effective and inexpensive method to treat flowback water following hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

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SwRI launches Particle Sensor Performance and Durability consortium

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The kick-off meeting is being held today in San Antonio. Using SwRI’s resources, several engine exhaust variables can be controlled, including particle size distribution; number concentration; mass concentration; temperature; flow rate; and backpressure.

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Texas study finds PHEV use could increase ozone at night, decrease ozone during the day

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The team modeled the air quality impacts of replacing approximately 20% of the gasoline-powered light duty vehicle miles traveled (VMT) with electric VMT by the year 2018 for four major cities in Texas: Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. The results are less clear in Dallas and Houston. Tammy M Thompson et al.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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program; and create the DriveElectricMN.org website as an online resource. the Environment. Austin and San Antonio region; and hold training seminars regarding multifamily housing and workplace electric vehicle charging. Vehicle Workgroup and create a strategic plan for statewide natural gas. Bay Area Air Quality.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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The final SuperTruck demonstrator ran a five-day, 312-mile (502-kilometer) roundtrip route on Texas Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Dallas, at a weight of 65,000 lbs (29,484 kg) GVWR at a speed of 65 mph (105 km/h), where it achieved an average result of 12.2 engine brake thermal efficiency. mpg (19.26 Fleet: Schneider, Walmart.

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Innovative telemetry system will help tap hard-to-reach deep natural gas resources; Deep Trek off-shoot

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The commercialization of an innovative telemetry communications system developed through a US Department of Energy (DOE) research program will help US producers tap previously hard-to-reach natural gas resources deep underground, resulting in access to additional supplies. The patented, proprietary Sharewell L.P.

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