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European power-to-methane company Electrochaea opens California subsidiary

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Electrochaea employs a patented biocatalyst (BioCat) to convert low-cost and stranded electricity and CO 2 into pipeline-grade renewable gas. Laurens Mets at the University of Chicago. This gas can be directly injected into the existing natural gas grid or used immediately.

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Orange EV offering on-road electric terminal truck

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In this retrofit solution, Orange EV converts existing diesel terminal trucks to pure electric. Orange’s T-Series is the only terminal truck solution that qualifies for financial incentives through Drive Clean Chicago (DCC). Eligible vehicles must operate 75% of the time in the Chicago 6-county area.).

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FTA awards almost $16.6M to coordinate fuel cell bus research

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million to the Center for Transportation and the Environment in Atlanta and $10.17 Chicago Transit Authority Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration. Johnson City, NY; Chicago Transit Authority; Air Products Inc., Develop and conduct in-service testing for a next generation Buy America compliant fuel cell bus in Chicago’s RTA fleet.

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New system uses monocular camera instead of expensive laser scanners for automated vehicle navigation with comparable performance

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His paper detailing the system recently was named best student paper at the Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Chicago. These use three-dimensional laser scanning technology to create a real-time map of their environment, then compare that real-time map to a pre-drawn map stored in the system.

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Embracing a century of EV history

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Nevertheless, “I took the motorcycle around to show it off,” Steiner said, telling the story of an Earth Day celebration in Indianapolis in 2008 where he met Nick Harless, who had worked with his son Scott to convert a Pontiac Fiero. I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said.

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Embracing a century of EV history

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Nevertheless, “I took the motorcycle around to show it off,” Steiner said, telling the story of an Earth Day celebration in Indianapolis in 2008 where he met Nick Harless, who had worked with his son Scott to convert a Pontiac Fiero. I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said.

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A Quantum of Sensing—Atomic Scale Bolsters New Sensor Boom

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However, whereas quantum computers strive to overcome this weakness , quantum sensors capitalize on this vulnerability to achieve extraordinary sensitivity to the slightest disturbances to the environment. Below are just a small sampling of the many kinds and varieties of quantum sensors being developed and deployed today.

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