31 Articles match "MIT","United States"

• The Best from Electric Vehicles

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• Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States
  
  Credit: Kevin Bullis The first plug-in hybrid to be sold in the United States will likely be the Fisker Karma, which is due out in November. Also, answer the “Question of the Week” and enter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to EmTech—the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (a $1,795 value). Stumble It!
  www.technologyreview.com - Friday, April 17, 2009
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• MIT Technology Review on GM/PHEVs
  
  34;Having an internal combustion engine for passing or hill climbing is probably a prudent thing to do," says Thomas Keim, a principal research engineer at MIT. Since short trips represent the majority of driving in the Unites States, the result would be a dramatic decrease in gasoline use. GM's Plug-In Hybrid. link].
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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• NYTimes' Friedman: Hope from Google, MIT; McKinsey's Promising Report
  
  Last week, I also met with two groups of M.I.T. One was the M.I.T. Today it has 600-plus members who have put on scores of events focused on building energy expertise among M.I.T. The central conclusion The United States could reduce GHG emissions in 2030 by 3.0 The report includes considerable discussion of PHEVs.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Sunday, December 2, 2007
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• MIT Technology Review Explores V2G; Summarizes the Year in Energy
  
  MIT Technology Review - Cambridge,MA,USA. But ethanol won't make much of a dent in gas use as long as the source of ethanol in the United States remains corn grain, which requires a lot of energy and land in order to grow. This prestigious publication is getting steadily greener. We include the text of both. link]. link].
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Friday, December 29, 2006
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• MIT Report Outlines System-Oriented Coordinated Polices for Reduction in Light-Duty Vehicle Petroleum Use and Emissions
  
  A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. The study was supported in part by the MIT Energy Initiative. Heywood et al., Taxes on motor vehicle fuels should be increased by $0.10
  Green Car Congress - Saturday, April 3, 2010
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• MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade
  
  In 2017, jet fuel consumption in the United States (commercial aviation plus military) is projected to be about 1.9 It is the result of research and analysis performed under the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emission Reduction (PARTNER) at MIT and RAND. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. million bpd. Resources.
  Green Car Congress - Sunday, October 25, 2009
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• MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants
  
  The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). Joint R&D programs between the United States and China should be supported and funded. It’s basic economics.” Resources.
  Green Car Congress - Saturday, June 20, 2009
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• MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited
  
  Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study. Moniz.
  Green Car Congress - Saturday, June 26, 2010
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• Prius-like EV button in Peugeot concept diesel hybrid
  
  link] Technology Review (MIT Enterprise) February 15, 2006 The Next Prius? If diesel hybrids do succeed in Europe, could they make it in the United States? But diesel's fortunes could improve quickly in the United States. So something doesn't match up yet. By Peter Fairley. counterparts are busy following suit.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Friday, February 17, 2006
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• Researchers Outline Consensus Position on Beneficial Biofuels
  
  Co-authors include the U of M’s Jonathan Foley and Jason Hill; Princeton’s Robert Socolow, Eric Larson, Stephen Pacala, Tim Searchinger and Robert Williams; Dartmouth’s Lee Lynd; MIT’s John Reilly; and the University of California, Berkeley’s Chris Somerville. The recent biofuels policy dialogue in the United States is troubling.
  Green Car Congress - Sunday, July 19, 2009
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