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Ford reorganizing mobility solutions efforts; acquires Autonomic, TransLoc to boost mobility group

Green Car Congress

On the heels of an quarterly report marked by an underwhelming profit, and amid a general “lack of fitness” according to CFO Bob Shanks, Ford Motor announced that it is accelerating and expanding its activities in 2018 to deliver a broad suite of mobility products and services to personal vehicle owners, fleet owners and cities globally.

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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 parter on co-processing of algae crude oil with conventional crude

Green Car Congress

This new relationship with Sapphire Energy complements other Phillips 66 renewable fuels collaborations in academia and other sectors to convert a range of sustainable feedstocks into transportation fuels. In 2013, Sapphire signed its first commercial customer, Tesoro. Algae Algal Fuels Oil'

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Boats Should Be Sleek—But Only Up to a Point

Cars That Think

Roman vessels transporting wheat from Egypt to Italy had an LBR of about 3; ratios of 3.4 The Santa María , a small carrack captained by Christopher Columbus in 1492, had an LBR of 3.45. The Symphony of the Seas (2018) , the world's largest cruise ship, is only about 10 percent shorter, but its narrower beam gives it an LBR of 7.6.

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Enthusiasm electric!

Electric Auto Association

Today, in part due to the chapter’s efforts to raise awareness, New Jersey has finally emerged as a state with an impressive plan for transportation electrification. Just as notably, the chapter also produces trainings for first responders.