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UQM Technologies to display new PowerPhase HD electric drive system at 2012 HTUF

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will display the new PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive system at the upcoming Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck Users Forum (HTUF) national conference and expo in Charlotte, NC. UQM Technologies, Inc. The UQM facility has 40,000 units of annual production capacity for its PowerPhase Pro electric propulsion systems.

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Zap&Go bringing C-Ion technology to Williams Advanced Engineering-led consortium as part of ?246M Faraday Battery Challenge

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The other members of the consortium are Imperial College London and automotive software specialists PowerOasis and Codeplay. Zap&Go Ltd is a technology company based at the Harwell Research Campus, Oxford with a US office in Charlotte, NC. The polymer network weakly binds the ions to enable fast ion transport.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C. In London, FedEx operates liquid petroleum gas (LPG) sprinter vans, which reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 12 percent. FedEx Corp. has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems.

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

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Charlotte Wheeler, an agricultural company executive still spooked by a childhood in which her acutely phobic mother would drink to excess and become obstreperous and hysterical on flights, said she appreciated Captain Allright’s willingness to journey through the weeds of her apprehension.

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Scientists synthesize first functional designer chromosome in yeast

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Han, Michalis Hadjithomas, Jennifer Tullman, Katrina Caravelli, Kimberly Cirelli, Zheyuan Guo, Viktoriya London, Apurva Yeluru, Sindurathy Murugan, Karthikeyan Kandavelou, Nicolas Agier, Gilles Fischer, Kun Yang, J. Feinberg, Christopher Fernandez, Charlotte E. Narayana Annaluru, Héloïse Muller, Leslie A. Boulier, Brian J.

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Recycling Expanded Polystyrene becomes a reality with Styroloop

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Since 2011 she’s been living, studying and working in London across costume, materials and design. Katie with Charlie (EV Driver & Styroloop) presenting at the 2019 Mayor’s Award in London. You’ve also recently presented at the Mayor’s Award in London - can you tell me a little bit about that? Meet Katie-May Boyd.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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February 2007 (Washington, DC) Jackson EMC electricity cooperative by EnergyCS, February 2007 (Jefferson, GA), contact ashedd@jacksonemc.com GreenTomato Cars by Amberjac/EnergyCS, February 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk by Amberjac/EnergyCS, March 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk

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