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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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Cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speeds. Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Click to enlarge.

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Georgia Tech life-cycle study finds TCO of medium-duty electric and diesel delivery trucks similar; electric life-cycle energy use and GHG lower than diesel

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They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. kgCO 2 e/t·km) than the diesel truck in the baseline case for both the 2011?2012 For the baseline case with the 2011?2012 Click to enlarge. System boundary diagram. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge.

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Nissan Sets US MSRP for 2011 LEAF EV at $32,780; As Low as $25,280 with Federal Tax Credit

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NNA) set the US MSRP for the 2011 Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, which becomes available for purchase or lease at Nissan dealers in select markets in December and nationwide in 2011, at $32,780. Nissan North America, Inc.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Oak Ridge team reveals surface structure of lignin; highly folded surface impedes enzymatic hydrolysis

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An improved understanding of the lignin aggregates will aid scientists in efforts to design a more effective pretreatment process, which in turn could lower the cost of biofuels. Smith (2011) Self-similar multiscale structure of lignin revealed by neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation. Heller, Hugh M.

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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In his oft-cited book on parking and policy (“The High Cost of Free Parking”), Dr. Donald Shoup, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, noted that 16 studies conducted between 1927 and 2001 found that, on average, 30% of the cars specifically in congested traffic were cruising. —The High Cost of Free Parking.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. Georgia Tech Research.

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