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QM Power and University of Kentucky demonstrate 50 kW/liter electric motor; DOE 2025 power density goal

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The announcement was made at the 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) by the joint team of researchers including Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, SMIEEE, of QM Power, who also holds a tenured faculty position at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Dr. Dan M. Ionel, FIEEE, who serves as the inaugural L. Essakiappan S.,

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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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The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000.

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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. Is this part of the course?” The power surged and then seemed to falter, and the plane became worryingly quiet. What was it?

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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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. Second row passengers get individual, multimedia 10-inch horizontal, high-definition seat back video screens with HDMI ports as part of the Family Group.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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Charlotte to Orlando? Wind gusts or passing big rigs had no effect on the stability and sure footed feel. And those third row seats quickly and easily flip forward and down, as part of the Stow ’n Go system, hiding under the floor. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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

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Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enable Reliable Non-Destructive Characterization of Additively Manufactured Parts using X-ray CT, $756,689. Electric Power Research Institute (Charlotte, North Carolina). IP Group, Inc. OpenOA, $249,950.

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Australia Reels From Split Weather System, Suffers Effect Of “The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”

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Some parts of South Australia saw night temperatures above 41 ºC (106 ºF) before sunrise, an event that “ appears to be without known precedent ”, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Record heat returned within a week, reaching 46.4 ºF) on 28 January. A rating of 100 indicates that a fire is uncontrollable.

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