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California state fleet reduces petroleum consumption 13% compared to 2003

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The California state fleet has reduced its petroleum consumption by 13% compared to a 2003 baseline, according to a state progress report. In 2003, the state fleet consumed 38,559,715 gallons of petroleum-based fuel (gasoline and diesel), according to the report. 281,619 gallons gasoline equivalent (gge) of CNG and propane (7%).

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Sandia Labs and HHC partner to design metal hydride hydrogen storage system for forklifts

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Sandia National Laboratories and Hawaii Hydrogen Carrier s (HHC) are partnering to design a solid-state metal-hydride hydrogen storage system for forklifts; the storage system can refuel at low pressure four to five times faster than it takes to charge a battery-powered forklift. Photo by Dino Vournas) Click to enlarge.

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Pellion Technologies leveraging high throughput computational materials design to make progress on Mg-ion rechargeable batteries

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Persson is also a co-founder of Pellion Technologies—an MIT spin-off co-founded by Dr. Gerbrand Ceder, funded by Vinod Khosla, and recipient of an ARPA-E grant ( earlier post ) that is developing a magnesium-ion (Mg-ion) rechargeable battery.

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Allison Transmission Prepares to Manufacture New Hybrid Commercial-Duty Truck Drive Systems in Indianapolis

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million matching grant in 2009 by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to increase the United States’ capacity to manufacture cost efficient, fuel-efficient commercial-duty hybrid truck propulsion systems. Allison Transmission has been producing hybrid propulsion systems for city transit buses since 2003. Allison was being awarded a $62.8

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Paige's AI Diagnostic Tech is Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnosis

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Paige's prostate cancer diagnostic technology is the first AI product designed for pathology or oncology to earn U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Breakthrough Device designation. He joined in 2003 as a research scientist, developing computer vision software for the company's imaging machines. He was granted 40 U.S.

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Allison Transmission receives $62 million DOE grant

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Department of Energy (DOE) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Grant to continue its efforts to design, develop and manufacture a cost-competitive commercial hybrid truck drive system. The Allison Transmission DOE grant will further increase U.S. Tags: Hybrid cars Allison DOE grant hybrid. million U.S.

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GM To Manufacture Electric Motors; First GM Motors Will Go Into Next-Gen Two-Mode Hybrid in 2013

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By doing so, Stephens said, GM will lower cost and improve performance, quality, reliability and manufacturability of electric motors by controlling design, materials selection and production processes. GM also has developed state-of-the-art math-based design and computing capacity for electric motors. ” Quality and reliability.

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