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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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City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada: $3,000,000.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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The regenerative braking system, which recharges the 16-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery, converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. Charlotte to Orlando? Not much can knock around the Pacifica, including wind gusts and passing big rigs, all of which had a minimal effect on the stability and sure-footed feel.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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Regenerative braking converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. Charlotte to Orlando? Wind gusts or passing big rigs had no effect on the stability and sure footed feel. Chrysler says the “new exterior design expression is much more deeply sculpted, athletic and modern in character.”

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Multiscale Manufacturing Design Tool Based on Machine Learning Workflow, $250,000. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Beam Suntory, Inc. Clermont, Kentucky). IP Group, Inc.