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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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Monthly fuel economy of the retrofitted Honda Civic during the first 9 months of the fleet test. The fleet testing is the last task in the Ecotality/DOE work program. The batteries supplied by Exide as part of the C3 Project performed well under the HEV screening test, especially at high temperatures. Source: DOE.

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Univ of Toronto study details impacts of interaction between driving patterns and electricity generation for WTW energy use and GHG emissions for PHEVs

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The findings of the study, they suggest, both demonstrate the important interactions between driving patterns and the electricity generation supply that affect WTW energy use and GHG emissions of PHEVs and thus have implications for informing environmentally beneficial usage and adoption patterns for these vehicles.

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Rotherham turns green with Citroen

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Rotherham Council has taken delivery of 15 Citroen C1s to help drive down its emissions. Supplied by TransLinc, the new C1s form part of the council’s policy of reducing the use of grey fleet and short-term hire usage. The new C1 1.4 Tags: Citroen C1 emissions fleet reduce Rotherham TransLinc.

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NASA-led analysis characterizes the impact of jet fuel composition on emitted aerosols

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Using data gathered during four different, comprehensive ground tests conducted over the past decade, researchers from NASA and their colleagues have statistically analyzed the impact of jet fuel properties on aerosols emitted by the NASA Douglas DC-8 CFM56-2-C1 engines burning 15 different aviation fuels. —Moore et al. Richard H.

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