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MAY 15, 2014

Cleveland Schools, Ohio’s second largest school district, is replacing 49 12-to-13-year-old diesel buses with Blue Bird’s Propane Vision buses. The school district annually estimates about $50,000 in electrical costs for powering block heaters to start their diesel buses in cold weather.

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APRIL 9, 2014

Canadian school bus producer. The Quebec Ministry recently awarded Lion Bus a project to develop an all-electric school bus. The all-electric school bus market in Canada is estimated to be more than 250 buses annually. Quebec-based B3CG Interconnect Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

with teams at each of the four schools selecting a topic, brainstorming ideas and developing concepts that will be presented to a team of GM judges the week of 3 Nov. The winning team from each school will travel to Detroit for the finals on 17-18 Nov. Each winning team at the school level will get $500 per team member.

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JANUARY 31, 2015

When the California Air Resources Board (ARB) initially established emissions criteria for replacement schoolbuses in 2008, the target for 2010 and newer model year school bus engines was 0.20 However, due to the limited number of model year 2010 school buses that were manufactured and certified at or below the 0.20

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NOVEMBER 28, 2014

The inspiration and legacy of the 2012 Olympics and the Tour de France starting in Yorkshire this year has started a revolution in cycling for everyone, not just in velodromes, not necessarily in lycra, but for going to school or to work or to the shops. —Nick Clegg.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He says he picked up his love of engineering from the science fairs he participated in throughout middle school and high school in Westford, Mass. While a freshman in high school, Greene took a mechanical engineering course, which he says solidified his decision to pursue an engineering career. “As

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Parkway School District in Chesterfield, Mo., G & P Trucking of Gaston, S.C., schedules deployment of five heavy-duty natural gas trucks. purchases compression equipment and signs repair and maintenance agreement. City of Ontario, Calif., signs multi-year repair and maintenance.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

In December, the Patrick Administration awarded grants and announced new investments in three programs to support alternative fuel vehicles and related infrastructure across Massachusetts, including the launch of an electric school bus pilot. million in grants for eight electric school buses with vehicle-to-grid capability.

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The idea for Starlink’s donation option came about earlier this week when Starlink customer Mr. Ham Serunjogi tweeted that he was interested in donating Starlink access to schools and hospitals in Uganda. Starlink is already providing services to some places in need, including Ukraine, Iran, and schools in the Amazon.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you need a brief history lesson, the Tundra has been produced steadily at this facility since it opened in 2006, though the Sequoia only began life there in 2022. That was one year after Tacoma production was shuttled off elsewhere, ending an 11-year run that began in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

This approach ignores big differences in air quality in school and work environments. The researchers equipped more than 50 school children with smartphones with CalFit software to obtain information on their location and physical activity level. home, school, and commute). —Nieuwenhuijsen et al.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

C$675,000 (US$643 million) for a project to develop an all-electric school bus. The electric bus school will be built on the chassis of a 72-seat vehicle currently marketed by Lion Bus Inc. Québec’s Ministry of Natural Resources has awarded Lion Bus Inc. Québec has everything to get there. —Québec Premier Pauline Marois.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Of the $329,700 in penalties, $247,275 will go to the California Air Pollution Control Fund and $82,425 will go to the Statewide School Bus and Diesel Emission Reduction Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) administered by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Daimler AG and the ACADEMY Holding AG are launching a pilot project with five selected ACADEMY driving schools in the wider Stuttgart area, with the aim of making electric vehicles an integral part of driver training. Each driving school will get one smart fortwo electric drive and one Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

million in no-interest loans for the Tulare City School District, Kern Community College District, and Yuba Community College District to install energy-efficient upgrades at their facilities. Tulare City School District: Received a $3-million loan to install solar panels at its eight schools.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Bartlett, U-M Department of Chemistry, and Kaixue Wang, SJTU School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will examine the potential of a variety of materials for use as electrodes with nano-sized pores to improve the performance of advanced batteries. Principal Investigators Bart M.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

IC Bus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navistar, announced the CE Series school bus powered by the Power Solutions International (PSI) 8.8-liter The CE Series school bus was designed based on the needs of customers—focusing on passenger safety, driver comfort, vehicle durability and serviceability. The PSI 270 hp (201 kW) 8.8-liter

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MAY 27, 2010

Valence Technology will provide Li-ion battery packs for the new fleet of 16 hybrid-electric school buses built by Enova and Navistar intended for service in school districts across Wisconsin and Ohio.( Tags: Brief. Earlier post.) Enova has been a Valence customer since 2006.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Electric School Bus with Vehicle-to-Grid and Vehicle-to-Building Functionality (ESB-V2G/B). Motiv Power Systems, Inc. Walk-in Van Repower Demonstration. National Strategies, LLC.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

At school, he loved writing, drawing, and learning new languages. Because of his growing fascination with technology, at 16, Borkowski opted to attend a technical high school, pursuing a technical diploma in electronics and learning about components, soldering, and assembly language. I thought that sounded like a challenge.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2010

Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) school bus manufacturer, has received an order for 130 compressed natural gas (CNG) school buses—the biggest contract for natural gas buses in the company’s history—from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2014

Ideal candidates for the Torquemaster engines are school buses and chassis/strip chassis applications, the company said. The cylinder heads include lightweight stainless valves and hardened valve seats and are secured with 6 torque to spec bolts per cylinder. CDP will begin its testing of the new 7.4L engine in Q4 2014.

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MAY 26, 2010

Enova Systems confirmed today that they, along with Navistar International Corporation and its subsidiary IC Bus, will deploy 16 hybrid school buses ( earlier post ) used for a number of school districts. This deployment represents the initial large scale utilization of US Department of Energy grants for clean school buses.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

—lead investigator Deliang Tang, DrPH, Mailman School of Public Health. —Frederica Perera, PhD, director of the Columbia Center for Children''s Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. 2014.07.016. 2014.07.016.

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JULY 15, 2014

Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the School of Arts and Sciences, and his colleagues attributed the materials’ efficient catalytic activity mainly to their nitrogen dopants and concomitant structural defects. Mikmeková, E. and Asefa, T. 126: 4461–4465. doi: 10.1002/ange.201311111.

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MAY 2, 2014

Projects may include school buses, transit buses, heavy-duty diesel trucks, marine engines, locomotives, and other diesel engines. Various strategies are eligible for achieving diesel emission reductions, such as installing verified exhaust control and idle reduction devices, and vehicle and engine replacement.

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MAY 29, 2013

Zenith Motors, based in Crestview Hills, KY, is a manufacturer of electric shuttle vans for hospitals, schools, airports, parking facilities and the hospitality industry. UQM also offers the production-ready PowerPhase HD 220 and 950T systems for heavier commercial vehicle applications.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North American (DTNA)’s school bus manufacturer, now offers all of its school buses with BlueTec SCR exhaust emission control technology. Thomas Built Buses has already sold more than 1,500 BlueTec-equipped school buses. Tags: Brief. Thomas Built Buses, Inc. Thomas Built Buses, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2014

The 38SI is suited for school buses; line-haul commercial trucks with anti-idling equipment; emergency vehicles; refuse trucks; utility vehicles; shuttle buses; and recreational vehicles. OE inspection and approval, assuring OE quality and performance for aftermarket replacements. The 38SI has the highest efficiency rating in its class.

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MARCH 28, 2015

million settlement which includes $300K to ARB to be used to fund school bus upgrades and air quality research. The California Air Resources Board (ARB), US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined forces to prosecute. MTU America Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

in the city of Lancaster, the retail station is open 24 hours a day and features a fast-fill dispenser to serve individual and fleet owners of NGVs, including sedans, vans, pickups, and school buses. Located at the company’s operating base at 44416 Division St.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The remaining $250,000 of the settlement will be directed to the School Bus and Diesel Emission Reduction Supplemental Environmental Project, which helps fund cleaner vehicles and equipment in California.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

PinYin, developed in 1958 as the standardized Chinese writing system, is learned in schools and used by Chinese people in their 30s or younger. Various features of the Chinese language, however, have created a strong need for flexible character-input methods that ensure easy usage by all Chinese speakers.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

—Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon. We look forward to partnering with Uber as they build out the Advanced Technologies Center and to working together on real-world applications, which offer very interesting new challenges at the intersections of technology, mobility and human interactions.

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JUNE 11, 2014

The contract is also available to local governments, schools or other public entities. General Services for all CA-State Agencies to obtain, install, maintain and repair Electric Vehicle Charging equipment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After four years working with a chemist and “adjusting the recipe,” Wen is confident that his green, sustainable asphalt “is as good as the old-school petroleum asphalt.”. In Wen’s lab, each component of his bioasphalt is subjected to a series of rigorous stress tests, such as intense heat, freezing temperatures, compression, and loading.

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MAY 5, 2014

In addition to the University of Wisconsin system universities, the company currently has partnerships with Fraunhofer Institute in Germany; Argonne National Lab; Lawrence Technological University; Ohio State University; Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hannover University; Aachen University; University of Cambridge; and University of Science and Technology-Beijing. (..)

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