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OCTOBER 31, 2021

ElDorado National (California) or ENC, a subsidiary of REV Group, will launch its fully electric Axess bus at APTA Expo 8-10 November 2021. ENC has manufactured low-floor and standard-floor buses for more than 45 years to public transit/paratransit, airport, and university transportation markets.

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JULY 20, 2018

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have shed new light on the atomic-level mechanism of the sulfur embrittlement of nickel, a classic problem that has puzzled the scientific community for nearly a century. These are of broad technological importance. —Jian Luo. —Jian Luo.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

California Governor Jerry Brown’s Office and state agencies issued a 2013 Zero-emission Vehicle (ZEV) Action Plan. million zero-emission vehicles on California roadways by 2025. They also address light-duty passenger vehicles and heavier vehicles such as freight trucks and public buses. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The autonomous bus will serve Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward community connecting to Metro buses and light rail. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Ontario, California, Phoenix Motorcars develops, deploys, and services all electric drive systems for electric commercial vehicles.

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JUNE 10, 2021

SpaceX’s longest-lived and most prolific drone ship has departed Port Canaveral just a few days after preparations appeared to begin for a several-thousand-mile journey from Florida to California. And the droneship is departing Port Canaveral on its way to California! Mighty Servant 1 is a massive submersible heavy-lift ship.

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MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. Advanced lighting. Honda Smart Home is expected to generate a surplus of 2.6

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

For several years, intelligent charging management to meet the needs of both the customer and the power grid has been undergoing practical trials in everyday conditions in California with a fleet of 300+ electric vehicles.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

NREL, Southern California Gas, and University of California Irvine will evaluate the interconnection and interoperability requirements for grid forming fuel cell inverters to enable hydrogen technologies to functionally replace traditional power generation equipment. Award amount: $500,000). Award amount: $525,000).

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

Three new studies released by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) show that exposure to airborne fine-particulate matter significantly elevates the risk for premature deaths from heart disease in older adults and elevates incidence of strokes among post-menopausal women. One source of particulate matter, including PM 2.5 Earlier post.).

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APRIL 19, 2020

Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego and their colleagues have designed 3D-printed, coral-inspired structures capable of growing dense populations of microscopic algae. the algae that lives in association with corals in the wild.

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MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. In their study, Bishop et al. —Bishop et al. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman, Daniel A.

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JULY 29, 2018

Considering electrification, autonomy and sharing (the “Three Revolutions”), a team from Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley projects that electricity use from light duty vehicle (LDV) transport will likely be in the 570–1140?TWh Their open-access study appears in the journal Energy Policy. . …

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JULY 29, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $60 million to 24 research and development projects aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and light- and heavy-duty trucks. (DE-FOA-0002420) SUNY University @ Stony Brook. Penn State University. Penn State University. University of Illinois at Chicago.

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MARCH 12, 2021

The teams moving on to Phase II of NEXTCAR are building on these goals with a specific focus on light-duty passenger vehicles, a 30% reduction in energy consumption, and taking vehicles to Level 4 of automation, where a vehicle is able to perform all driving operations on its own with optional human override. Award amount is $3,474,864.

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JULY 31, 2020

The Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA) , led by the California Institute of Technology in close partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is pursuing an approach called “co-design,” which is an effort to make the many complex steps in converting sunlight to fuels work more efficiently both individually and in concert with each other.

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JUNE 14, 2013

California’s air quality programs have forced a reduction in black carbon despite a significant increase in diesel fuel consumption. If California’s efforts in reducing black carbon can be replicated globally, we can slow down global warming in the coming decades by about 15 percent, in addition to protecting people’s lives.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $18 million to fund projects that will help the state meet its climate and energy goals. 10,187,000 of this contract will be utilized for incentives that will directly support the deployment of natural gas vehicles in California. . The EVCS will be available for federal fleet vehicles.

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MAY 21, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 42 university-led research and development projects for awards totaling $38 million. These projects, funded over three to four years through the Department’s Nuclear Energy University Program, are intended to help advance nuclear education and develop the next generation of nuclear technologies.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Seven projects will be supported, three led by teams at DOE National Laboratories and four by Universities. These projects will develop widely applicable open source software utilizing DOE’s current leadership class and future exascale computing facilities.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

After an open request for proposals to US universities, and the accompanying selection process, Audi signed an agreement with the four research universities to pursue the following topics: Audi Urban Crash Analysis. traffic lights, etc.), parking availability, urban events (sports events, concerts, accidents, etc.)

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

Total transportation fuel use in California broken down by subsector and fuel type for each scenario: business-as-usual (BAU); plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs); and combined PEVs and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). Source: Yang et al. Click to enlarge. —Yang et al. Realistic case for PEVs. passenger cars and trucks) by 2050.

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JUNE 2, 2014

In-use testing of three light duty diesel vehicles—certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits— found a wide variation in real world emissions performance relative to the regulatory limits. Kappanna (2014) “ In-use emissions testing of light-duty diesel vehicles in the US ”.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The 2019-2020 California State Budget authorizes $3 million for two studies focused on the state’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall contract with the University of California system to produce this study.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Mii earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University , and his master’s and Ph.D., also in EE, from the University of California, Los Angeles. “Growing up in Taiwan, the environment encouraged people to become scientists or engineers.”. He was hired in 1990 as a researcher at IBM’s Thomas J.

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JULY 18, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the results of a multiyear study evaluating exhaust emissions from the use of California Reformulated Gasoline (CaRFG) that contains 15 volume percent ethanol (E15). California currently limits the ethanol content of gasoline to 10 percent.

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MARCH 15, 2021

The other teams selected to move on to Phase II are the University of California Berkeley, Michigan Technical University and Ohio State University. The teams moving to Phase II are building on these goals by focusing on light-duty passenger vehicles and achieving a 30% reduction in energy consumption.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. Many were covered in detail during a day of presentations and site visits for partners and media held this past August in Ontario, California.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 17, 2021

A group of 13 researchers from the University of California system have offered to assist the California Air Resources Board (ARB) with its analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction data resulting from state programs and also to develop better long-term data collection and analysis tools. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Fusion combines light elements in the form of plasma—the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei that makes up 99% of the visible universe—to generate massive amounts of energy. —GA scientist Carlos Paz-Soldan, co-author. Support for this research comes from the DOE Office of Science.

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JULY 29, 2016

Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University. University of California, San Diego. University of Texas at Austin. University of Washington. Other Battery500 Consortium members include: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (leader). Idaho National Laboratory.

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

A team of researchers from the US and Germany has identified the protein LHCSR—an ancient light-harvesting protein—as the molecular photo-protective mechanism that acts to prevent green algae from absorbing too much sunlight during photosynthesis and suffering oxidation damage as a consequence. —Krishna Niyogi, Berkeley Lab.

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JULY 19, 2023

The company continues to center strategic areas of research in dedicated technology units across the country, as well as foster co-innovation with universities and federal research facilities. There, integrated teams are pushing breakthroughs in automotive lightweight composites, recyclable interior materials, and EV wireless charging.

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JULY 13, 2021

Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies analyzed four scenarios to understand how COVID-19 and other political, economic, social and technological drivers may impact transportation activity and global oil demand.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The research teams include experts from universities and other national labs. A longtime user of NERSC supercomputers, Louie has a dual appointment as Senior Faculty Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab and Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. —Steven Louie.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The funded projects include: University of Wisconsin Madison for “Efficiency Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion of Propane DME Blends”. in Darrien, Illinois, for a project entitled “High Pressure Fast Response Direct Injection System for Liquified Gas Fuels Use in Light-Duty Engines”. WM International Engineering L.L.C.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Reminiscent of the TV show “ Shark Tank ,” on which business leaders often advise entrepreneurs, the students presented their projects to IEEE Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee volunteers, who provided feedback and guidance. There were two sessions on each of the three campuses. It “ignited his passion and expanded his horizons.”

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