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New Mexico to enact advanced Clean Car & Clean Truck rules

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The rules would require vehicle manufacturers to deliver cleaner vehicles to New Mexicans and drastically cut NO x and particulate matter emissions (PM) from conventional gas and diesel engines. The New Mexico Environment Department will share more details about the rulemaking process soon.

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Torc Robotics, Schneider announce pilot to further operationalize Level 4 autonomy for long-haul trucking

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Torc operates test facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and engineering offices in Austin, Texas, and Stuttgart, Germany. Torc offers a complete self-driving vehicle software and integration solution and is currently focusing on commercializing autonomous trucks for long-haul applications in the US.

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Daimler Truck subsidiary Torc Robotics opens Technology and Development Center in Stuttgart

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Torc Europe is now hiring software engineers, data scientists, and architects in the areas of systems, safety, validation, and product development. Torc’s testing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, allows daily, multi-shift runs of Torc’s autonomous test trucks on highways in New Mexico and Texas.

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Engineers Are Working on a Solar Microgrid to Outlast Lunar Nights

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Notably, it will need to keep astronauts alive, rather than just support a conventional household load, says Rachid Darbali-Zamora , an electrical engineer at Sandia. The Sandia engineers therefore are looking at two direct-current microgrids, with a tie-line connecting them.

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WHYY reports Philadelphia’s Proterra electric bus fleet sidelined due to cracked chassis and other defects

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BYD buses were removed from service in Indianapolis for upgrades due to range issues, while officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico, returned 15 BYD buses for similar reasons, Briggs reported. Proponents, like engineering professor Jeremy J.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. The study exposed laboratory rats 80 hours a week, for up to 30 months, to emissions from a heavy-duty diesel engine meeting 2007 US EPA standards using new filters and other control technology.

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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

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Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter horsepower Kawasaki FX801 V-Twin gasoline engine, converted to propane by Alliance Small Engines. Behind the autogas truck, they will be trailering a propane mower. The propane mower is a 2013 Exmark Lazer Z Ultra Cut 60. It is powered by a 25.5

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