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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT. The study team of MIT faculty, researchers, and students focused on five main. —MITEI Director Robert C.

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MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade

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Normalized well-to-wake GHG emissions for low-, baseline- and high-emission cases for jet fuel pathways under different land use change scenarios. The prospects for FT jet fuels depend crucially on construction of a few pioneer commercial plants in the next few years. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). BYD said the F6DM (dual mode) sedan will go on sale in China in the fourth quarter for $20,000 to $30,000.The GM Press Release ).

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