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Construction begins on Neo Orbis; fuel cell vessel with sodium borohydride hydrogen carrier

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All parts of the ship’s hull are ready as a cutting pattern. The welders will put the parts together. The then DaimlerChrysler used Millenium Cell sodium borohydride it its Natrium fuel cell concept car, introduced in 2001. The construction of the ship at Next Generation Shipyards in Lauwersoog is also innovative.

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Honda Prelude two-door coupe set to return as an electric sportscar

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Then, by 2001, it was gone. Surplus to Honda’s sporting requirements with the Integra Type R and S2000 covering the fun part of its showroom lineup. Classic coupe shape Annoyingly, Honda has revealed nothing about the Prelude Concept’s powertrain, performance or potential specification. ” Quite right, mate.

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Jaguar to build C-X75 hybrid supercar with Williams F1

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The C-X75 concept in Paris. Jaguar will develop the micro-turbine hybrid C-X75 concept car ( earlier post ) as a limited production supercar (maximum of 250), priced at between £700,000 - £900,000 (US$1.15 - $1.48 Newsome was at Jaguar Land Rover as Group Chief Engineer for Advanced Product Creation and Research between 2001 and 2007.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars.

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Video-Game Engineer Sushama Chakraverty Answered the Call of Duty

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Back in 2001, she spotted a poster on her professor’s door advertising for an internship, and she applied without knowing the company she’d be working for. But as her degree program came to a close in 2001, Chakraverty was undecided about her next move. “I It turned out to be Atari , the legendary video-game company.

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Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents

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Scheme of the HARKEN concept. The approach is similar in concept to technologies Ford described as part of its release of the S-MAX Concept ( Earlier post.) The approach is similar in concept to technologies Ford described as part of its release of the S-MAX Concept ( Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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Google Unveils Faster, Cheaper Mechanism To Track Worldwide Deforestation Online; Support for Land Use Change Measurement, Verification and Reporting

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satellite imagery; from left, 1975, 1989, and 2001. The new tools are designed to be used by policy makers, governments, the scientific community, and the public via a dedicated Forest Carbon Tracking portal , and were introduced at the UNFCCC climate summit in Copenhagen. Progressive deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil as seen in.

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