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MIT team developing 1MW motor for electric aviation

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A team of MIT engineers is developing a 1MW motor that could be a key stepping stone toward electrifying larger aircraft. A modular, single-phase winding pattern increases the robustness and power density of the system by enabling single-phase inverter drives. High power density electric machine for turboelectric propulsion.

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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

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Images of catastrophic scenarios — birds, engine failure, parts falling off, total systemic breakdown — pinballed through the passengers’ imaginations as the plane seemed to struggle to find its equilibrium. The thing that sounds like the engines have suddenly ceased functioning after takeoff? What was it? Unease gripped the cabin.

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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 EPA rates fuel economy, when using the hybrid gasoline-only engine at 30 miles per gallon. An engine for the long haul. 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. Cushy, Quiet Cruiser.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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The Pacifica runs on a gas engine–and two electric motors. Charlotte to Orlando? Wind gusts or passing big rigs had no effect on the stability and sure footed feel. In 289 miles driving through Southern California Clean Fleet Report achieved a combined 38.8 mpg based on the dashboard computer. San Diego to San Francisco?

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

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Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. Unsupervised Physics-informed Machine Learning of Complex Natural and Engineered Geoscience Processes, $250,000. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Caltrode, Inc. IP Group, Inc.