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As a reference, the V-Flow stack ( earlier post ) in the FCX Clarity itself was smaller and more powerful than its predecessor, increasing the volume output density by 50% and the weight output density by 67% from the previous stack. The fuel cell powertrain was made as compact as a Honda 3.5L

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MARCH 14, 2010

Employment in the plastics industry has followed a similar trend, with a 12% decrease since 2002. Biobased chemicals and plastics—often referred to as biobased products—are virtually the same as their petroleum-based counterparts, but are manufactured from renewable resources. The number of plastics establishments has declined by 13%.

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MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. 2 Exhaust and Evap refers to all exhaust emission testing and all evaporative emission and refueling emission testing required for new vehicle certification, unless otherwise excepted. MY 2009, 2010, 2011 and < useful life mileage. Intermediate age.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

But it was a fitting honor for Jim Vanns , who won a 2023 Technical Achievement Award—commonly referred to as a Technical Oscar—from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on the high-performance computing systems behind the blockbuster films Gravity (2013) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Protean’s control system is a combination of an electronic control unit (ECU) and dedicated system control software, which together are referred to as the SECU. From 1994 to 2002, he led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group (GM ATV) that launched the GM EV-1. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

The five warmest years since the late 1880s, according to NASA, are in descending order 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2006. She has been a program manager in climate research since 2002. Earlier post.). She joined the Met Office in 1982 and became a manager of stratospheric research in 1991 and of climate model development in 1996.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Himalayan glaciers are often referred to as the third polar ice cap because of the large amount of ice mass they hold. The pattern is very similar to a study Menon led in 2002, which found that black carbon led to droughts in northern China and extreme floods in southern China. —Surabi Menon.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The “one-liter” designation refers to the design target of fuel consumption of 1 liter per 100 kilometers (235 mpg US). Volkswagen first revealed a one-liter concept at the annual meeting in 2002, then cancelled the project in 2005. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 14, 2009

I heard from Cooper a couple of times this week with updates on the progress of AB 920 which is expected to be heard on Monday in Senate Appropriations, where it will be referred to the suspense file due to the cost. Lawrence Cooper works with Assemblyman Huffman, and AB 920 is one of his big responsibilities.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

While the driver and passenger sat in a tandem arrangement for optimal aerodynamics in the L1, the 1-liter car presented in 2002 and in 2009 ( earlier post ), in the XL1 two occupants sit slightly offset, side by side, nearly as in a conventional vehicle. This first body production stage is referred to as the “bodyshell frame”.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

It happened as well in 2002 when IBM sold its disk drive business to Hitachi at that time. And it's the Jeopardy phenomenon you refer to. But that's almost exactly the same revenue as Google—now Alphabet—in the mere 19 years from 2002 to 2020. And the marketplace also began to compete based on price. It was slow to both.

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MARCH 25, 2009

For reference, a typical lead acid battery can survive 500-800 cycles while 2,800 cycles is almost 8 years of use assuming one cycle a day. Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials.

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XL1 represents the third evolutionary stage of Volkswagen’s 1-liter car strategy, referring to the goal set by Prof. Its aerodynamic shape appears bio-inspired by aerodynamic swimmers—similar to a dolphin, as Volkswagen says, or to a boxfish. Earlier post.). The XL1 with door-mounted camera clearly visible. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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The first target (1999-2002) was compressed natural gas (CNG), liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and other combustion alternative fuel vehicles (CAFVs), in a program called the Clean Auto Auction. With the 10 th 5-year Plan (“10-5”, 2002-2006), the government introduced the goal of developing and commercializing electric vehicles.

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MAY 10, 2023

That is referred to as a “chirped pulse,” Strickland says, because a bird’s chirp has a similar frequency structure. She was promoted to associate professor in 2002. The Nd:YAG laser pumped a short pulse at 100 ps into the optical fiber. Strickland joined the University of Waterloo ’s physics department as an assistant professor.

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DOT has been conducting research with automotive manufacturers since 2002 in order to assess the feasibility of developing effective crash avoidance systems that utilize vehicle-to-vehicle communications. In the US, DSRC refers generically to communications on a dedicated 5.9 V2V Communications for Safety.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

He helped write the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge , a continuously updated reference for the industry. He worked there until he retired in 2002. In his 1981 book, Software Engineering Economics , he documented the constructive cost model , an estimation tool that has become a leading indicator of software changes.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. Nickel-metal hydride batteries, proven for many years in hybrids to be safe, could go into PHEVs today -- they would be designed more like the ones Toyota put in its 2002 RAV4 EV compact all-electric SUV than like current hybrid batteries.

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APRIL 16, 2009

By 2002, BYD had become one of the top four manufacturers worldwide - and the largest Chinese manufacturer - in each of the three rechargeable battery technologies (Li-Ion, NiCad, and NiMH), according to a Harvard Business School case study of the company. "Its a completely different business model." All times are ET.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Smart grid refers to a number of technologies aimed at gathering more data on the flow of electricity through the transmission grid. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Along with other industry executives, IBMs Schurr spoke Wednesday morning about smart-grid technologies in Washington, D.C.,

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