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Ricardo to host conference on energy generation and management in low carbon vehicles

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Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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Achates Power to present fuel efficiency results of its two-stroke opposed piston engine at SAE 2011 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress

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Randy Herold, Achates Power senior staff engineer, will present the thermodynamic benefits of opposed-piston two-stroke engines (paper 2011-01-2216). The SAE ComVEC is the first of several conferences this fall where Achates Power executives will present their demonstrated results.

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Guangqi Honda unveils new compact sedan at the 2010 China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition

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an automobile production and sales joint venture of Honda in China, announced the new S1 compact sedan model of its original automobile brand, “Li Nian” (English brand name: Everus) at its press conference at the 2010 China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition. Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., The Li Nian S1.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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He has received numerous international awards throughout his career, including the 2008 IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Award. He also has served as chair of both the IEEE Conferences Committee and the IEEE International Microwave Conference. He has coauthored five books and more than 250 papers.

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EPA official: the future of the internal combustion engine is bright and clear

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Bunker’s emphasis on the general ongoing importance of the internal combustion engine—along with the different technology pathways for improving their efficiency—were echoed by a number of DEER speakers, looking at light-duty as well as medium- and heavy-duty sectors. should not discount novel engine designs.

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Garnaut Climate Change Review issues first of 8 update papers in 2011; reaffirms decision-making framework and need for mitigation efforts

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A Final Update Report will be presented to Australia’s Prime Minister on 31 May 2011. At worst, the result will be materially less damage from climate change than would have been the case with no international mitigation effort at all. The international framework changed fundamentally at Copenhagen and Cancun.

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Elevance Renewable Sciences to Form Joint Venture With Wilmar International To Build World-Scale BioRefinery

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ERS) has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar), one of the largest global agribusiness groups, to construct a biorefinery based on Elevance’s core olefin metathesis technology for the production of high-value performance chemicals, advanced biofuels and oleochemicals from renewable oils.