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Twenty-one years later, the ARC, which operates as a consortium of six universities [ 2 ] collaborating with partners from both industrial and government sectors, gathered once again on the University of Michigan’s North Campus for its 21 st Annual Program Review. Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D., Automotive Research Center.”

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Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Darker colors represent a higher density of TNC activity.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. Within the $10.7

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MAY 24, 2018

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. kWh energy storage system.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The result is a range of up to 300 miles (483 kg) on 1.5kg of hydrogen and a top speed of 60 mph. The arrival of the company’s Rasa engineering prototype in 2016, sees Riversimple take a hydrogen-powered commuter car from the laboratory to the road in only 8 years.

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

mile) line between Zoologischer Garten (Hertzallee) and Station Suedkreuz Station. The Technical University of Berlin is supporting the project. The funded project will run until summer 2016; BVG is planing for a longer use for the e-buses. A similar bus went into service in the city of Braunschweig in April of this year.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

miles per diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) (ranging from 5.56 - 7.71 miles per DGE) from one fleet and up to 1.9 miles per DGE) in another fleet. This demonstrates significant fuel economy improvement toward the DOE and Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) target of 8 miles per DGE. kg for the three evaluated fleets.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

million riders annually in three Upstate South Carolina counties, including the cities of Clemson and Seneca and the towns of Central and Pendleton as well as four universities, the fare-free CATbus system will have the largest zero-emission fleet in the Carolinas. CATbus purchased the Proterra Catalyst E2 buses in part with $3.9

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JULY 13, 2017

Despite a plethora of alternative transportation modes—buses, trains, bicycles—city dwellers are driving more miles than ever, say University of Michigan researchers. Sivak and Schoettle say that a 19% increase in urban population from 2000 to 2016 can account for only 58% of the increase in urban distance driven.

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JUNE 8, 2017

The system will utilize Transdev Universal Routing Engine (URE) and Delphi’s previously announced automated driving platform—the Centralized Sensing, Localization and Planning (CSLP) platform which Delphi is developing in partnership with Mobileye. In 2016, Transdev had a turnover of €6.7 Earlier post.). billion euros.

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MAY 15, 2018

In 2016, women constituted 50.6% Currently, the average annual distances driven are 13,356 miles for men and 9,838 miles for women. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. of all drivers.

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JULY 11, 2018

Following a pilot program at University of California San Diego (UCSD), this second-life battery system has been unveiled at an operational EVgo fast charging station located in Union City, CA at 3960 Smith Street.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

The vehicles are 2015-2016 models, with battery technology that enables an everyday range of about 80-90 miles—suited for in-town driving, and enough for travel between Davis and Sacramento. This is one slice of conditioning the market, users and institutions like this university to think along those lines.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, launched back in September 2016 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V to begin its journey to the near-Earth asteroid and after a 2-year trip through space arrived in orbit around Bennu in December 2018.

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APRIL 6, 2016

mph) during the test phase—the fully electrical WEpods have a range of approximately 100 km (62 miles) per charge. Initially, WEpods will run a predetermined bus route exclusively on the Wageningen University campus. The WEpods project was first introduced to the public on 28 January 2016.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania. and Hydraulik KG.

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A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. kWh (EPA is now using $0.13 mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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APRIL 9, 2019

A study by a team from North Carolina State University, with colleagues from the Urban Air Initiative and 3DATX Corporation, has shown that non-FFVs (flexible-fuel vehicles) can adapt to a mid-level ethanol blend—specifically E27. The study was commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Since its launch in February 2016, Nexar has tracked upwards of 20 million miles and recorded more than a half-million instances of driving incidents worldwide. —Professor Trevor Darrell, Faculty Director of the BDD Center at UC Berkeley. With this information, Nexar will further develop its vehicle-to-vehicle network.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Bottom: Total particle-phase PAH emissions, expressed in ng/mile, for both test vehicles over the LA92 cycle. California LEVIII and US Tier 3 regulations will begin a four year phase-in starting in 2015 and 2017, respectively, to a PM maximum of 3 mg/mile from the current 10 mg/mile LEVII limit. Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 29, 2016

The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. Credit: Lee Murray, NASA GISS/Columbia University. Ethane is the second-most abundant atmospheric hydrocarbon.

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Per mile driven, teen drivers are nearly 4 times as likely to crash as drivers 20 and older and more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than any age group except those 80 and above. However, even at current levels of performance, existing crash avoidance technologies could prevent a lot of crashes if they were universally adopted.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

Based on those numbers, we estimate that to fill our fuel cell sedan to go 300 miles initially will cost about $50 and then go down to about $30. Working with the University of California, Toyota has modeled specific locations that will result in a 6-minute drive to a station for most owners. —Bob Carter.

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APRIL 22, 2016

1 ] The average daily driving distance in the USA is 30 miles (48 km), so PHEVLERs are vehicles with at least 60 miles (97 km) of electric range. The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. Energy Intelligence April 2016. [

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APRIL 12, 2017

This follows the completion of a front-end engineering study, which started in July 2016, on technical requirements such as the feasibility of routes for autonomous vehicles to navigate seamlessly around Sentosa. In 2016, the Auto Rider became Asia’s first fully operational AV.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. Herya and Sundaresan (2016). Travis Herya and Sundaresan (2016).

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APRIL 14, 2018

The research was undertaken by a team from Intermountain Healthcare, Brigham Young University, and the University of Utah. Dr. Horne and colleagues studied 146,397 individuals who were treated for ALRI between 1999 and 2016 at Intermountain Healthcare facilities throughout Utah’s Wasatch Front region.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The hydrogen powered scooter trial follows the Greater London Authority (GLA) signing a letter of intent in March 2016 with Suzuki Motor Corporation to test these vehicles as a patrol vehicle within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Fleet. The Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell has a range of around 120 km (75 miles) before refueling is required.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

At the same time, total miles traveled per year by cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and light trucks will increase about 60%, reaching about 14 trillion in 2040. As personal mobility increases, average new-car fuel economy (including SUVs and light trucks) will improve as well, rising from about 30 miles per gallon (7.83 —T.J.

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JUNE 10, 2021

SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a several-thousand-mile journey from Florida to California. And the droneship is departing Port Canaveral on its way to California!

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APRIL 14, 2017

District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 Level 2 AC charging (L2) with universally accepted J1772 connectors will serve charging at long dwell-time locations. Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Depending on velocity, altitude and load, a range of between 750 and 1500 kilometers (466 to 932 miles) is possible. The first flight of the HY4 is planned for the summer of 2016 at Stuttgart Airport. The most striking feature of the HY4 is its two fuselages, which are firmly connected to each other by the wing. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 16, 2016

—Fabien Paulot, an atmospheric chemist with Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was not involved in the study. If future industrial emissions do go down, much farm-produced ammonia will end up in Earth’s troposphere, roughly 2 to 10 kilometers (1 to 6 miles) above the surface, Bauer said.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

Governor Jerry Brown’s office informed the university this month that the fueling facility had received the certification, known as California Type Approval. is the largest such facility on a university campus in the United States and produces hydrogen on site. A kilogram typically allows a vehicle to travel about 50 miles.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A team at the Engine Research Center (ERC), University of Wisconsin-Madison has demonstrated the viability of reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) in a two-stroke engine. Earlier post.) A paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering.

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The current CAFE standard calls for fleet fuel economy of approximately 34 mpg in 2016—a target that the CFA termed “ very modest ” The CFA brief says that:“ The analysis showed that it would have been economically and environmentally beneficial to set a much higher standard. L/100km) by 2025 and 74 mpg (3.18

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