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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have avoided emitting more than 72 million metric tons of carbon pollution, while saving more than 170 million barrels of oil and $24.9 billion in fuel costs—equivalent to eliminating annual energy use in over six million homes. Modern Transportation Services, LLC. Mustang Express LTD. New World Van Lines.

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Ford Invests $155M in Engine Plant to Support New 3.7L V-6 for Mustang

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This Ohio plant is one of 11 Ford facilities in the US participating in the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentives Program initiated by Congress and implemented by the Obama administration. Opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio, the facility has produced more than 35 million engines.

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OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have demonstrated the concept of a potassium-air (K?O In a 2004 paper published in the Journal of Power Sources , Ali Eftekhari noted that “ the potential of the potassium anode and lithium anode are approximately the same with only a 0.12V difference. O 2 battery (0.5 Click to enlarge.

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Ford Begins Manufacture of EcoBoost Engines at Cleveland Plant

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1 opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio. In 2004, Ford invested $350 million into the plant for redesign and installation of an all-new assembly line as well as block, crankshaft and cylinder head machining lines. Cleveland Engine Plant No. Since then it has produced more than 35 million engines including 24.3

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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After serving as first lieutenant at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , in Greene County, Ohio, in the 1950s, Ewart joined General Electric in Pittsfield, Mass., The next year he chaired the 2004 European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference. as an engineer.

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Ford Begins EcoBoost Engine Production

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1 opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio. In 2004, Ford invested $350 million into the plant for redesign and installation of an all-new assembly line as well as block, crankshaft and cylinder head machining lines. A V-6 EcoBoost engine will be available for the F-150 in 2010. Cleveland Engine Plant No. liter V-8 family.

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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The contracts are part of the FAA’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program, designed to speed the introduction of “green” technology into aviation. GE began testing the TAPS II combustor in June 2009 at a special altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, as part of the first eCore tests. Earlier post.).

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