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Toyota and Servco Pacific pilot test new car share application in Hawaii

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Servco) have partnered to test a new car-sharing technology in Honolulu. When the employee-only pilot testing program concludes, Servco, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Hawaii, will use the car-sharing technology to launch a new Honolulu-based car share business by the end of 2017. Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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The authors defined regions as the Midwest, Mountain, Northeast, South, and West, based on the US Census (2016). Eleven of the metropolitan areas in this study have four or more major utility actions in place: Holland, Bridgeport, Atlanta, Athens, Austin, Honolulu, Kahului, San Jose, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Eureka.

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USC team uses mixed conduction membranes to suppress polysulfide shuttle in Li-S batteries

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The authors presented this paper earlier at the Honolulu, Hawaii, Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in October 2016. The study was funded by the University of Southern California and the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute. Derek Moy and S.

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Project shows maritime fuel cell generator can increase energy efficiency by up to 30% at part load; reliability and cost issues

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Project partner Young Brothers operated the generator for 10 months powering refrigerated containers in Honolulu, Hawaii. One opportunity to do so was identified in Honolulu Harbor at the Young Brothers Ltd. (YB) From August 2015 to June 2016, Young Brothers used the generator on 52 different days for a total of 278 hours.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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City and County of Honolulu. Honolulu will receive funding for Gillig battery electric buses with depot chargers in the Honolulu area as their inaugural project to transition their fleet to zero emission. Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority. 1,000,000.

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