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OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is now used in light bulbs and lasers. Holonyak left GE in 1963 to become a professor of electrical and computer engineering and researcher at his alma mater, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He retired from the university in 2013. The four-layered semiconductor is now found in light dimmers and power tools.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

mpg between model years 2008 and 2014, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle have documented sales-weighted distributions for the same model year vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans and SUVs). In 2008, the corresponding figures were 15% and 5%, respectively.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

A team of researchers from the US and Germany has identified the protein LHCSR—an ancient light-harvesting protein—as the molecular photo-protective mechanism that acts to prevent green algae from absorbing too much sunlight during photosynthesis and suffering oxidation damage as a consequence. —Krishna Niyogi, Berkeley Lab.

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JUNE 13, 2024

Yifeng Chen Employer Trina Solar Title Assistant vice president of technology Member Grade Member Alma Maters Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou, China, and Leibniz University Hannover, in Germany An incredulous Chen marveled at not only the technology but also the economics. student at Leibniz University Hannover , in Germany.

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APRIL 22, 2013

The facility assembles valve and value actuation systems and devices for passenger cars, light and commercial vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty trucks, for customers throughout the region. Located within the Eaton Campus in the Jining Shandong Province, the expansion project began this year and be operational in March 2014.

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JUNE 20, 2013

As a result, Sivak concludes, it is likely that the declines in these rates prior to 2008 reflect other societal changes that influence the need for vehicles (such as, increases in telecommuting and in the use of public transportation). The focus of this research was on light-duty vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans).

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MAY 29, 2014

Jakober, 2008). In the Tianjin study, they team fueled a four-cylinder light-duty diesel engine fueled with CFT and DF, identifying 13 individual carbonyl compounds in the exhaust. Kleeman (2008) “Carbonyl Emissions from Gasoline and Diesel Motor Vehicles,”. 133:115–122, doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.05.025. 2014.05.025.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The project was a collaboration between Delta Motorsport, Productiv, Hieta Technologies, the University of Bath, Schaeffler and Equipmake. The MiTRE project sprang from Delta’s early work on electric vehicles in 2008-10, and it’s great to see the results of our efforts and those of our partners in the program.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Average monthly and model year fleet-wide achieved CAFE performance levels (light purple) versus NHTSA projected achieved CAFE levels (blue) for model years 2008 through 2016. Additionally, they found, achieved CAFE performance has consistently increased annually from model year 2008 through model year 2013. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008. The award recognizes outstanding work on the science and technology of niobium.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

mpg from December, according to figures from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). All vehicles purchased from October 2007 through September 2008 were assumed to be model year 2008. The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the US. in January was 23.0 mpg US (10.2

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

VTO-funded research has reduced the cost of advanced batteries by 75% since 2008, and nearly every plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) on the road today uses VTO-developed battery technology. High-power-density traction inverters for use in light-, medium-, or heavy-duty vehicle applications. Transportation and Energy Analysis (Up to $1.2

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JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, —Lester Lave, University Professor and Higgins Professor of Economics at CMU’s Tepper School of Business. But that’s only one element of the equation. Elisabeth A.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Michael Sivak of The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that fuel consumption rates—per person, per driver, and per household—are declining, as are ownership and driving. Fuel consumed per registered light-duty vehicle. Part 3: Fuel Consumed By Light-Duty Vehicles ” UMTRI-2013-40.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country.

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APRIL 22, 2016

The workshop will be followed by an invitation-only event where further panel discussions will occur at the University of California, Davis. Background. This represents roughly 80% of EV chargers installed in California since that date.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Now, researchers from Sandia National Laboratory’s Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol report in a paper in Science the first direct kinetics measurements made of reactions of any gas-phase Criegee intermediate, in this case formaldehyde oxide (CH 2 OO). —Welz et al.

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JUNE 24, 2013

The lower-weight body design—light-weight composite materials save 600 lbs (272 kg) of weight per vehicle—along with the engine, allows every Reach to significantly reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions compared to conventional walk-in vans. In 2008, FedEx Corp. The Reach van, with its four-cylinder, 3.0-liter

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Other Chinese partners in Shanghai GKN include SDIC Machinery & Light Industries Company and Bank of Communications Company. million universal joints. The first automotive industry component-manufacturing joint venture in China, Shanghai GKN Drive Shaft Company (SDS) was formed in 1988.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

million) grant from the Welsh government in 2015, the Rasa was designed for lightness, strength, affordability and safety. Riversimple Movement Ltd. unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. Earlier post.) Supported by a £2-million (US$2.9-million)

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. By designing light cars and giving them good aerodynamics you can radically lower vehicle emissions. The Axon Automotive PHEV.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Early adopters will include government, university, and utility company fleets. Manufacturers are beginning to turn their attention beyond light duty vehicles to the efficiency opportunities for hybrid drive in heavy trucks. In 2008, Pike notes, In 2008, the North America market accounted for 63% of global hybrid sales.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. Did they care that they were the involuntary subjects of an Internet of Things–based experiment in border surveillance ?

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JANUARY 22, 2022

It was the end of 2008, October, right before the holiday shopping season. Electronic-ink researchers had been pursuing color e-paper for years, as had other researchers around the world, in universities, corporate research labs, and startups. This is the moment that the concept of electronic paper, or e-paper, went mainstream.

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APRIL 9, 2010

The Roadmap proposes completely transforming the US light-duty vehicle fleet into one in which grid-enabled mobility (grid-enabled vehicles, GEV) is the new conventional standard. By 2040, the report proposed, 75% of the light-duty vehicle miles traveled in the US should be electric miles. Annual Household Income. Oil Imports.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility. from 2008–2012. from 2008–2012. Some of the other key findings from the report include: Universal access. —GMR 2017.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Data gathering for the Beijing study was completed in 2008. Light-duty vehicles together contributed to 82% of all distance traveled (passenger cars, 64%; taxis, 18 %), buses and trucks contributed to 11% and 8% of total distance traveled respectively. Light-duty gasoline vehicles were the major contributors to CO and VOC emissions.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

The global economic recession of 2008—which severely depressed light-duty vehicle sales—resulted in an increase in the age of the light-duty vehicle fleet in the US that likely slowed the rate of decrease of fleet average emissions, according to a study by Gary Bishop and Donald Stedman at the University of Denver.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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APRIL 2, 2024

W Miami The setting: The W Miami is within the IconBrickell complex and condominium development in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, which was built in 2008; the W opened in 2016. The pool, on the hotel’s fifth floor, is also a consistent 3 feet 8 inches deep along its whole length and features underwater lighting and music.

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APRIL 17, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will demonstrate infrastructure-linked driving safety support systems at a public display of intelligent transport systems technologies sponsored by the Universal Traffic Management Society of Japan (UTMS Japan) in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture from 21-23 April. The driver is alerted when the light is red.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Dayton Power & Light Company. Florida Power and Light Company. Hawai`i Electric Light. Indianapolis Power & Light Company.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

a fuel economy penalty), according to a new report by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Average on-road fuel economy in the US for all vehicles in 2008 was 17.4 mpg US (13.5 L/100km); in 1923, the average was 14.0

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JULY 15, 2013

Engineers at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah and the University of Ulsan in South Korea have used friction bit joining (FBJ) to bond dissimilar combinations of aluminum alloy A356 and grey cast iron. The process of friction bit joining uses a small, consumable bit to create a solid-state joint between metals.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

In announcing their partnership, FPL Group and Duke Energy called for a wide variety of organizations to commit to greening their vehicle fleets, including corporations, governments, universities and other agencies. The initiative will begin 1 Jan. 2010, when both companies will begin tracking their commitment. FPL Group, Inc.

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