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2020 Ford Escape to offer hybrid and PHEV variants

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This means: In Auto EV mode, the vehicle decides whether to run on gas or electric power. In EV Later mode, drivers can switch to full gas-powered driving to conserve electric miles for later. The all-new Escape, available in S, SE, SE Sport, SEL and Titanium series trim levels, is built at Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky.

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Cummins Emission Solutions introduces next-gen aftertreatment system EcoFit Single Module

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will introduce the first of its next generation of ultra-high efficiency aftertreatment systems, the EcoFit Single Module, at the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky on 26 March. Since 2004, more than 1 million EcoFit DPFs have been put into use. Cummins Emission Solutions, a subsidiary of Cummins Inc.,

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New mixed-oxide catalysts shown as viable substitute for platinum catalysts for diesel exhaust aftertreatment

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Nanostellar was founded in California in 2004 by scientists from Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center. To evaluate catalytic performance, they exposed the aged sample Mn 7 CeSmSrO 14.83 (labeled MnCe-7:1), to a reactant gas mixture (450 ppm NO and 10% O 2 ) while ramping the temperature up to 350 °C to test for NO conversion.

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DoD Researchers Work to Increase the Production of Higher Chain Hydrocarbons from CO2 Using a Traditional Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst

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Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky are investigating the hydrogenation of CO 2 using a conventional Fischer-Tropsch cobalt catalyst for the production of valuable hydrocarbon materials. HC with increasing TOS, irrespective of the feed gas ratio.