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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. —Madhav Manjrekar.

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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 US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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

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There’s also a section on how pilots are trained to deal with various scenarios — including cabin depressurization, malfunctioning landing gear, holes in the fuselage and sudden gusts of wind on the runway that force what is called a “go-around” — when a pilot suddenly aborts the landing and sends the plane barreling straight back into the sky.

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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. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals. The bottom line is the Pacifica Hybrid, with a full 16.5-gallon

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

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Porous Transport Electrodes for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers, $450,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. IP Group, Inc.

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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. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals. The bottom line is the Pacifica Hybrid, with the 16.5 gallon fuel tank, has an estimated 570 mile total driving range. New York City to Toledo?

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

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We’ve seen blackouts, disruptions to many of our transport systems, greater water consumption and of course, more sleepless nights.” The positive pole, or phase, of the IOD brings cooler and drier conditions to the eastern Indian Ocean as winds weaken, drying out southeast Australia and parts of Indonesia.

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