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California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

Green Car Congress

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. My tenacious advocacy for EVs at local organizations, government agencies, schools, and organizing events has resulted in policy changes, charging installations, and more people driving EVs and more organizations promoting EVs in our area.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. My tenacious advocacy for EVs at local organizations, government agencies, schools, and organizing events has resulted in policy changes, charging installations, and more people driving EVs and more organizations promoting EVs in our area.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Biofuel projects are going to have trouble getting financing from Wall Street this year because all of them have questions about the long term pricing of petroleum; most of them have concerns about the pricing stability of their feedstocks; and many of the cellulosic projects have concerns about the conversion technologies.

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

Cars That Think

In this clip from his oral history, Ivan describes a surplus Sperry P4 military gunsight computer that his father installed in the family kitchen: Ivan Sutherland on the surplus Navy computer that his parents installed in the kitchen. The Sutherland parents were happy to indulge their sons’ inquiries.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

But the tests are too costly for the typical small startup to afford and the warranties are unattainable because the electric batteries currently used to power plug-ins don’t last ten years. The conversion can double or even triple fuel economy, thereby severely limiting carbon dioxide emissions. The conversion is simple.

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