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UPS to add 40 series hydraulic hybrid vehicles to its fleet

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UPS is deploying 40 new medium-duty series hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHVs): 20 in Baltimore and 20 in Atlanta. Both deployments were supported in part by grants from the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program. UPS HHV Click to enlarge. UPS currently has one HHV in operation in Laguna Hills, Calif.,

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CALSTART launching E-Truck Task Force

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It did so with hybrid trucks, renewable natural gas, fuel cell buses, ethanol fueling stations, EV infrastructure and other segments. CALSTART supports all clean fuels and technologies, and often creates targeted work in emerging sectors of our industry to provide focus and assistance to its growth.

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Hyundai and Kia license Paice’s hybrid vehicle technology, ending litigation

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Paice has now licensed all or part of its hybrid vehicle technology portfolio to Toyota, Hyundai/Kia, and Ford. Paice and the Abell Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit organization that invested in Paice, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia in US District Court in 2012.

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GM adds 3 acres of solar arrays in Michigan

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After the projects are complete this fall, GM will house more than 38 MW of solar power at 13 facilities around the world and more than 60 MW of renewable energy globally when combined with its landfill gas and biomass energy use. parts distribution warehouse. GM, OnStar and energy service company TimberRock Energy Solutions, Inc.

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Kinder Morgan Acquires Three Ethanol Handling Terminals and Forms New Ethanol Joint Venture; US-Wide Ethanol Distribution Network

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Baltimore, Md., As part of the transaction, KMP and USD have entered into a joint venture agreement which will optimize and coordinate customer access to the expanded distribution platform and facilitate the rapid expansion of additional ethanol logistics facilities throughout the United States.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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Tanenbaum later developed the first gas-diffused silicon transistor, which could amplify and switch signals above 100 megahertz at a switching speed 10 times that of previous silicon transistors. Tanenbaum went on to serve as president of AT&T’s New Jersey Bell (now part of Verizon ) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The proposed replacement vehicles include small gas/electric hybrid buses. Minneapolis-St.

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