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US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

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Hood, Texas, in January 2014, where three unmanned military trucks negotiated oncoming traffic, followed rules of the road, recognized pedestrians and avoided various obstacles at speeds up to 25 mph (40 km/h) in an urban environment. The AMAS common appliqué kit consists of the bi-wire active safety kit and the autonomy kit.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. The award is sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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EPA and NHTSA seeking comments on new data for Phase 2 Heavy-Duty National Program to reduce GHG

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have issued a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) related to the Phase 2 Heavy-Duty National Program proposed in July 2015 ( earlier post ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption for new on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines.

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CSX and GE Transportation partner to pilot LNG locomotives; dual-fuel NextFuel retrofit

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CSX Corporation and GE Transportation will explore emissions-cutting and efficiency breakthroughs in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology for locomotives beginning with a pilot program in 2014. Field tests are expected to begin in 2014. —Russell Stokes, CEO, GE Transportation.

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Germany launches new study of oxymethylene ethers for optimizing clean diesel combustion

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the coordinator of the new project, in cooperation with TU Kaiserslautern and TU München. Further development of diesel and gasoline fuels now offers the chance of preventing the formation of hazardous exhaust gases directly at their origin, i.e. during combustion in the engine. Earlier post.)

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KIT’s fast biomass pyrolysis to liquids bioliq plant produces first gasoline

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Dahmen, KIT/IKFT. The synthesis stage of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT’s) multi-stage bioliq pilot plant has begun operation and has produced biogasoline. As soon as all stages of the bioliq process will have been linked, the pilot plant will supply high-quality fuel from straw, probably in mid-2014. Graphic: N.

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Cummins/Peterbilt SuperTruck shows 54% improvement in fuel economy, 61% improvement in freight efficiency

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Objectives for the program, which runs from April 2010 through April 2014, include: Demonstrate 50% thermal efficiency improvements in test cell; Demonstrate a 50% drive-cycle freight efficiency improvement; Demonstrate 68% freight efficiency improvement on 24hr cycle; and. Scope and demonstrate improvements for a 55% engine efficiency.

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