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Ford introduces 2014 Transit Connect Taxi with CNG/LPG capability

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Ford unveiled the redesigned 2014 Transit Connect Taxi at the 2013 International Association of Transportation Regulators Conference in St. Ford Transit Connect will also be the only taxi offered with a compressed natural gas/liquefied petroleum gas engine prep package. 2014 Transit Connect Taxi. Click to enlarge.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The mission of the EFRCs is to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21 st century. awards are subject to FY 2010 to FY 2013 appropriations. Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Purdue University. University of Michigan.

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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Related to this, DOE seeks by 2020 to develop novel precursors and conversion processes capable of reducing the high-volume cost of high-strength carbon fiber by 25% from $13 per pound to ~$9 per pound. In 2013, Strategic Analysis Inc., g/L, which is the highest demonstrated to date and 50% greater than H 2 gas. Source: DOE.

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