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California ARB to hold workshop on future of Zero Emission Bus regulation

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop on 17 September 2013, in Diamond Bar, California, to discuss updates to the Zero Emission Bus (ZBus) regulation and to explore the status of, and future developments to, ZBus technology and related systems.

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Former Royal Navy Officer Advocates for LGBTQ+ engineers

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At the time, he was an officer with the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy , where until 2000, being homosexual was grounds for immediate dismissal. A new career in railway engineering After being moved to a desk job when his appointment on HMS Superb ended in 2000, Gracey decided he wanted a new challenge. s railways.

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DOE issues request for information on gas clean-up for fuel cell applications

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) has issued a request for information ( DE-FOA-0001331 ) to obtain feedback and opinions from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on the report findings from the Gas Clean-up for Fuel Cell Applications Workshop.

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ITF: measures to decrease road freight CO2 emissions

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Moving goods by road consumes about 50% of all diesel produced; 80% of the global net increase in diesel use since 2000 comes from road freight. It collects insights held at a workshop organized by the International Transport Forum in June 2018 in Paris and features the results of a survey among experts.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. This means the more maintenance-free electrical systems of PHEVs offset the initial higher cost of batteries. See What Carmakers Say about PHEVs for the latest.

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