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MAN Diesel & Turbo announces new ME-LGI dual-fuel engine for methanol and LPG; Waterfront Shipping signs LOI for four units

Green Car Congress

ME-LGI is a new concept that can be applied to all MAN Diesel & Turbo low-speed engines, either ordered as an original unit or through retrofitting. With two new injection concepts, the ME-LGI concept greatly expands the company’s dual-fuel portfolio and enables the exploitation of more low-flash-point fuels such as methanol and LPG.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn. The experiment seemed to prove the feasibility of the technology.

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First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

The Truth About Cars

What we found seemed to be a familiar concept with lots of little improvements that added up to something grander than what’s currently on offer. But some of the materials used on the test models I previewed felt a little cheap. Appetizer followed by entree. But you’ll still be happier in an F-Series if you’re of the portly persuasion.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Green Car Congress

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

The result, called Jam, for John and Martin, proved the concepts he brought from Evans & Sutherland were appropriate for laser printing. Gee,’ I said, ‘A secret standard—I find this a hard concept to understand.’” To avoid copyright problems, they licensed The Design System concepts from Evans & Sutherland. but also C.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently. Brilliant advertising, ordinary vehicles and lack of corporate support and fresh product killed the brand, but it taught GM a lot. Create a New EV Company.

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How a Parachute Accident Helped Jump-start Augmented Reality

Cars That Think

Adjusted for inflation, they cost about US $8,000 and weren’t even a thousandth as fast as a cheap gaming computer today. So I pitched the concept to the Human Sensory Feedback Group of the U.S. The best PCs on the market back then used Intel 486 processors running at 33 megahertz. The other option was to invest $60,000 in a.

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