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Welcome to Fusion City, USA

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But here, and in an even more anonymous office park nearby, startup Zap Energy is trialing a prototype reactor that is already producing high-energy neutrons from nuclear fusion—if not yet enough to send power back into the grid. Zap isn’t the only fusion company fishing in aviation’s talent pool.

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Ford selects AeroVironment as preferred charging station supplier

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as the preferred installation partner and authorized charging station supplier for the Ford Focus Electric, C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi plug-in electric vehicles. Soon customers will also have a web-based option for ordering their home charging package or purchasing their charging station.

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Ford concentrates on control strategies for low-cost start-stop system for Fusion

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The new Ford Fusion will be the first non-hybrid Ford vehicle available in the US with Auto Start-Stop. One of the critical parameters for a start-stop system battery is dynamic charge acceptance (DCA). It has been proposed to characterize the recharge ability of vehicle starter batteries as dynamic charge acceptance (DCA).

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Energy storage and nuclear fusion—two reliable crowd pleasers when the crowd you’re talking about is readers of IEEE Spectrum —are well represented among our most widely read energy stories of 2023. Welcome to Fusion City, USA At Helion Energy, workers build a section of the company’s Polaris fusion reactor. Number one?

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Kenworth, Peterbilt working with Dana on electric truck powertrain development

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The high-energy density battery packs can be recharged in about an hour using the vehicle’s DC fast-charging system, making both the Class 6 Kenworth K270E and Class 7 K370E cabovers suited for local pickup and delivery, as well as short regional haul operations.

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NY state reports 5,750+ EV rebates in first year of Drive Clean Rebate program

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Leading car models sold or leased include: Toyota Prius Prime, which accounted for more than 38% of rebates; Chevrolet Bolt EV, which accounted for 12% of rebates; Chevrolet Volt, which accounted for 9% of rebates; Ford Fusion Energi, which accounted for 8% of rebates; and. Charge NY 2.0: Charge NY 2.0: Charge NY 2.0

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Segway debuts fully automated Navimow i110N robot lawn mower with satellite positioning

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Now available for pre-order , the new i Series models are designed for yards up to 1/4-acre in size and introduce the company’s updated Exact Fusion Location System 2.0, The standout feature is the improved Exact Fusion Location System 2.0 All-in-all, you’ll have everything you’ll need right out of the box.

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