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2019 Honda Insight first drive mpg review: 55 mpg from hybrid sedan

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Last week, we drove the new 2019 Honda Insight sedan and found Honda's newest compact hybrid roomy and comfortable. During our drive around Minneapolis, its exurbs, and into Wisconsin, we wanted to put to the test Honda's claims that its 1.5-liter

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Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Mazda, Volvo and home dealerships promote

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Enlargement for Kohli in Wisconsin Chicago broker Shawn Kohli expanded endmost pace with the acquisition of 3 Wisconsin dealerships. Sturgeon Bay is northeast of Inexperienced Bay in Wisconsin. A co-owner of Town Auto Crew in Chicago, Kohli mentioned the Wisconsin retail outlets are independent from that team.

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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

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University of Wisconsin, Madison. Ansell, (2019) “ A Review of Distributed Electric Propulsion Concepts for Air Vehicle Technology ,” 2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS), Cincinnati, OH, 2018, pp. NASA ARMD will soon open ULI - Round 3. Resources. Perry and P.

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Study finds ethanol blends reduce GDI tailpipe PM

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The study was conducted by the University of California Riverside and the University of Wisconsin, Madison and commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. A new study finds that ethanol blends reduce particulate matter (PM) coming out of the tailpipe, which in turn reduces overall toxic emissions. Jiacheng Yang, Patrick Roth, Thomas D.

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UB study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, artery wall thickness

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Wang’s study—which includes researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin-Madison— has policy implications for the US, where the Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 lowered the federal health standards for ozone. The study is unique in its focus on ozone exposure rather than particulate matter.

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ARPA-E announces $12M for five projects in nuclear materials science; first OPEN+ cohort

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ARPA-E plans to announce a total of nine OPEN+ cohorts throughout late 2018 and early 2019. Accelerated Materials Design for Molten Salt Technologies Using Innovative High-Throughput Methods, University of Wisconsin-Madison, $1,861,820.

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MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

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The combined effects are strongest in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, where lightweight cars would have a significant advantage over EVs in reducing emissions, the study showed. All three of those attributes can tilt emissions in a negative way for electric vehicles in terms of their impact on reducing emissions, he added. 9b00648.

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