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It offers roominess, state-of-the-art digital experiences and an array of powertrains, including internal combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid. The all-new Tucson is an important launch for Hyundai as the model is among its most popular, racking up global sales of more than 7 million units since its original launch in 2004.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Achates Power and new development parter Aramco Services ( earlier post ) showcased a Ford F-150 fitted with a 3-cylinder, 2.7-liter —David Johnson, president and CEO, Achates Power. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Boston-Power, Inc., Existing Boston-Power investors Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Asset Management (FAM) also participated in the round. As part of its plans, Boston-Power is establishing an R&D and EV battery engineering facility in China. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. The two-stroke engine has been favored for small recreational vehicles because of its high power density, low cost and simple, lightweight design, Oh said. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. Oh and Plante.

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For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap. Here are some examples of conversations we had with the tool: Frankly… it kind of feels like visiting a traditional car dealer.

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APRIL 5, 2013

The 30 hybrid buses have covered more than a million miles in daily service since 2004. UQM is also powering Hino electric city buses; Proterra electric composite transit buses; Electric Vehicles International all-electric medium-duty trucks; and Boulder EV delivery vans.

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JULY 25, 2013

previously announced it had agreed to purchase 10 million gallons of fuel a year from Hawai`i BioEnergy for power generation to the state, pending approval by the Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission. Alaska Airlines has reduced its carbon footprint intensity by 30% (measured by revenue passenger miles) since 2004. Hawaiian Electric Co.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that 95% of the samples from 2011-12 met ASTM International fuel quality specifications. million gallons in 2004 to more than 1 billion gallons in 2012. The survey showed a major improvement over results from previous years. B100 production increased from 27.9

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Formula E is a new FIA championship featuring racing cars powered exclusively by electricity. We think the FIA Formula E Championship can be a powerful tool to make electric cars popular with the Chinese public, particularly the younger generations. Earlier post.) The announcement was made at FIA headquarters in Paris.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

To that end, ARB staff is holding two more workshops on the development of a regulation to limit the amount of time that internal combustion engine-driven TRUs and TRU gensets operate while stationary, as well as requiring an overall zero-emission mode operating time. NO x : 6,100 tons per year. GHG: 770,000 tons per year (CO 2 e).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Engine options VW just increased the power output of Golf GTI’s 2.0-litre Other variants of the Octavia will have manual transmission, although they will be significantly less powerful. litres and capable of producing a modest 148 bhp are expected to return, maybe with mild-hybrid power. Petrol engines ranging from 1.0

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed an automated pulse-and-glide technique using a flywheel energy storage system for on-road vehicles; the technology, which NASA Glenn says can improve fuel economy over existing internal combustion or battery hybrid systems by 40-100%, is available for licensing.

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JULY 1, 2009

As the next steps in a strategy to cut harmful emissions from ocean-going vessels, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new engine emissions and fuel standards for large marine diesel engines on US-flagged ships that would harmonize with international standards. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 29, 2022

He served as the 1988 president of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. He was the 1990–1991 Division VII director, and he directed the IEEE Foundation from 1999 to 2004. His research focused on electrical machines, power electronics, and electrical lines. He was an active IEEE volunteer and held several leadership positions.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

TMS), will conduct two safety recalls involving some MY 2004—2009 Prius vehicles; approximately 670,000 Prius vehicles are being recalled in the United States to inspect and in some cases replace the steering intermediate extension shaft. Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. Based on longer term trends since MY 2004, truck SUVs have the largest cumulative percentage fuel economy improvement of 27%, followed by both cars and car SUVs at 23%. Top: Engine power and displacement. l/100 km)—a 0.5 mpg per year.

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They house hundreds of thousands of computer servers and disk drives and have brought cloud computing, more powerful search engines, and faster Internet service. In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers. For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Ford has revealed the 2020 Escape; the small SUV will make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto Show. Every model in the new Escape lineup, whether powered by one of two EcoBoost engines or the new hybrid powertrains, targets an EPA-estimated range of at least 400 miles per tank.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

FMC Lithium developed its own cathode technology and participated directly in the market from 1995-2004; in 2004, it began cathode technology out-licensing. FMC’s Play in Li-ion Battery Market and Progress Report on Stabilized Lithium Metal Powder (SLMP) (2010, 27 th International Battery Conference).

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MARCH 7, 2018

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. California’s ultra-low NO x emissions standard is 0.02 grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp/hr).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Started in 2004, the AGGI reached 1.29 Carbon dioxide levels swing up and down in natural seasonal cycles, NOAA notes, but human activities—primarily the burning of coal, oil, and gas for transportation and power—have driven a consistent upward trend in concentration. in 2010—i.e.,

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JANUARY 13, 2017

At the same time, advances in ethanol production technologies, such as the use of combined heat and power, using landfill gas for energy, and co-producing biodiesel helped reduce GHG emissions at ethanol refinery plants. Among the findings: Between 2005 and 2015, ethanol production in the US also increased significantly—from 3.9

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JULY 9, 2012

At the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, GE Aviation said it continues its studies into advanced technologies for the next-generation engine to power Boeing next-generation 777 aircraft. The GE9X will follow the GE90-115B engine that entered service in 2004. from the 2000 launch specification.

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Now, Ford and BMW together funded around $130 Million in a solid-state battery start-up named Solid Power and it also plans to open a new battery lab called Ford Ion Park with a team of 150 experts. By this year-end ford is planning to release 15 Power train and Vehicle assembly plants globally.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

In a 2004 paper in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , Long et al. Li-ion batteries) as 3D structures to enable the powering of smart dust mote devices, and outlined several theoretical 3D structures for the batteries, which would have to have very high capacities to be able to fit on the device but still provide sufficient power.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Between 2004 and 2008, global energy intensity experienced its sharpest decline in 30 years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.87%. World crude oil prices more than tripled between 2004 and 2008—the fastest rise since the oil crisis of the late 1970s—contributing to the sharp decline in energy intensity during that period.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

He was largely responsible for moving the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1978 from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Compared with bipolar junction transistors, which were predominant in ICs then, MOS transistors are easier to scale and consume less power. He was a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

billion core hours on the US’ two most powerful supercomputers dedicated to open science. The INCITE program issued its first awards in 2004, when three projects received an aggregate five million core hours. The projects will share 5.8 Today’s collective allocation of 5.8

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MARCH 8, 2013

will introduce a new gasoline-electric hybrid version of the QX60 crossover into the US lineup this summer, following its world debut at the upcoming New York International Auto Show. The new QX60 Hybrid will be powered by an implementation of the FF-Hybrid system comprising a 2.5-liter Infiniti Motor Company Ltd. Earlier post.).

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MAY 12, 2014

Along with hybrid models from Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen, the Group also offers a number of natural gas powered models. The study identified the most powerful innovation as the Porsche Panamera S E Hybrid—the first plug-in hybrid in the premium class. Geely International Corp.; and the e-Golf. Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.;

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AUGUST 9, 2009

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) calculates that meeting the proposed Federal policy will require a 5.7% By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% annual increase to 2015; and meeting China’s 2004-2009 target requires a 5.3% Earlier post.) mpg in 2016. annual increase.

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MAY 18, 2016

Deep learning, which took its current shape around 2010, is a particularly powerful form of machine learning capable of noticing fine subtleties in the data and making human-quality distinctions. In fact, the power of deep reinforcement learning was demonstrated by the recent success of AlphaGo, an AI Go playing system from Google DeepMind.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

When Auto Start-Stop debuts in North America, it will be available on gasoline-powered cars and utilities with either a manual or automatic transmission as well as vehicles that use Ford’s patented dual-clutch six-speed automatic transmission. The fuel-saving system eventually will be offered in all of Ford’s global markets.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Munger, J. McElroy, M. Nielsen, C.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Space Transportation : beamed power propulsion, hypersonic point to point, solar power satellite. The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million international competition for the first privately funded team to land a robot on the moon, explore at least 500 meters and beam packages of high-definition video and imagery back to Earth.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Both solutions enable stop-start functionality and can help reduce the fuel consumption of a traditional internal combustion engine by 2-3% during the standard driving cycle and by up to 15% in congested urban traffic. In 2010, it launched its second-generation starter-generator system (i-StARS) on Peugeot and Citroën brands. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Increasing complexity of vehicle design is driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers. Wagner and Pannala. Click to enlarge. The workshop focused on two critical areas of advanced simulation, as identified by the US automotive and engine industries: Fuel injection involves a cascade of complex processes.

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