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Honda to unveil prototype of Gen 3 Insight hybrid at Detroit show; two-motor hybrid system

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Honda will unveil the Honda Insight Prototype at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January as the precursor to the new third-generation 2019 Honda Insight—an upscale, stylish five-passenger sedan positioned above the Civic in Honda’s passenger car lineup. First-generation Insight.

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Drive System Design optimizes in-house tool to identify best electrified propulsion systems for e-mobility applications

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Drive System Design (DSD), a company specializing in the rapid engineering and development of electrified propulsion systems and associated technologies, has made significant enhancements to the latest generation of its proprietary Electrified Powertrain Optimization Process ( ePOP ). —Lee Rogers, Senior Engineer at Drive System Design.

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GHSA projects that drivers killed more than 7500 pedestrians in 2022; most since 1981

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The GHSA report also examines 2021 data from NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) to provide insights on trends regarding when, where and how drivers strike and kill people on foot. Pedestrian Safety Trends, 2010-2021. The percentage of pedestrian deaths involving speeding was 8.1%

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DOE awarding $40M in FY 2018 to 4 DOE Bioenergy Research Centers; plans for 5 years of funding

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The centers—each led by a DOE National Laboratory or a top university—are designed to lay the scientific groundwork for a new bio-based economy that promises to yield a range of important new products and fuels derived directly from nonfood biomass.

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NFI expands Class 8 electric truck fleet in Southern California through JETSI; delivery of first 15 of 50 trucks

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Under the project, which is designed to show that fleets can successfully scale their BET fleets, NFI will deploy and operate 30 electric Freightliner eCascadias and 20 Volvo VNR Electric trucks from its Ontario, California, warehouse facility to support its dedicated port drayage services for customers spanning from manufacturing to retail.

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks delivers eActros 18t electric truck to Dachser

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Since March 2018 two light-duty FUSO eCanter trucks from Daimler Trucks have been in operation with Dachser in Stuttgart and Berlin. Beyond that, the vehicle’s architecture has been entirely designed around the electric drive and thus features a high percentage of vehicle-specific components. The battery-electric 7.5-tonne

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TWAICE battery analytics platform promises enormously valuable insights at every point in a battery’s lifecycle

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The German firm TWAICE was founded in June 2018 by Dr. Michael Baumann and Dr. Stephan Rohr to address these needs. How can you get insights about the life and the performance of batteries? But back then, we really saw the potential of this and decided to spin this off after our PhD, which we did in 2018. Is it oversized?

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