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GM to Debut Two-Mode Plug-in Hybrid Technology in New Buick Crossover in 2011; LG Chem to Supply the Li-ion Cells

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Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, made the announcement during the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan. In early testing, the plug-in hybrid is capable of electric-only propulsion for more than 10 miles at low speeds. Earlier post.).

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U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

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Top: Charles Jischke/Purdue University; Bottom: Rebecca Robiños/Purdue University About 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Intel’s development, another fab is planned. SkyWater representatives will inform students about various career options in the program’s introductory seminar course.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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The Crescent Corridor is a 2,500-mile (4,023-km) rail network supporting the supply chain from Memphis and New Orleans to New Jersey. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar, UIUC). Axion is working with the railroad on its $8B Crescent Corridor project. —Tom Granville. Thelen (2011) Energy Savings, a.

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ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

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at FAA’s National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research ( NEXTOR ) at the University of California, Berkeley, to evaluate an airline’s fuel efficiency relative to both the mobility (straight-line passenger miles between origin and destination) and access (airports served and/or flight frequency) it provides.

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