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ITM Power signs hydrogen fuel contract with Honda (UK)

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ITM Power has signed a fuel contract with Honda (UK), which will purchase hydrogen at £10/kg (US$12.91/kg). The contract covers fuel dispensed across ITM Power’s hydrogen refueling network. The Honda Fuel Cell Clarity has a hydrogen tank capacity of 5.46

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Southland Transportation adds 101 Blue Bird Propane Vision buses to districts in Canada

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Districts in Canada are specifying the technology due to the superior cold weather operation, reduced maintenance and clean emissions, the company said. Southland Transportation is a subsidiary of the largest family-owned pupil transportation provider in Canada with operations in school, motor coach and public transportation.

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Upcoming Mazda2 will offer new SKYACTIV 1.5-liter diesel

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liter clean diesel engine making use of the company’s next-generation SKYACTIV technology. liter diesel unit in the Mazda Hazumi concept at the Geneva Motor Show in March. clean diesel engine available in models such as the Mazda CX-5, the SKYACTIV-D 1.5 Diesel Emissions Fuel Efficiency' a newly developed 1.5-liter

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Mazda introduces HAZUMI concept along with new 1.5-liter SKYACTIV-D diesel

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Mazda unveiled the HAZUMI next-generation subcompact at the Geneva Motor Show. When fuel is injected under these conditions, ignition takes places before an adequate air-fuel mixture forms, causing localized heterogeneous combustion, resulting in the formation of NO x and soot, Mazda says. Click to enlarge. Source: Mazda.

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Are supercars going green?

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Another name that hasn’t grabbed quite the same headlines, but is yet another example of a green car push among supercar manufacturers is the Scorpion from Ronn Motors. So, in effect, this is a supercar capable of around 200mph and yet it has very clean emissions. The vehicle is said to produce hydrogen in real time.

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U. Mich, Ford team studies effect of ethanol in reducing PM from DISI engines; insights into fueling strategies to reduce soot

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A team from the University of Michigan and Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering group in Dearborn has studied the effects of ethanol on reducing particulate emissions from a direct injection spark ignition (DISI) engine by comparing neat anhydrous ethanol with a baseline fuel of reference grade gasoline (indolene).

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Valence set to power world’s first zero carbon Grand Prix

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Leading provider of lithium iron batteries for vehicles, Valence Technology, has provided ten of its U-Charge XP energy storage solutions for Imperial College London’s student entry into the TTXGP – the world’s first clean emission motorcycle Grand Prix, on the Isle of Man. It has an impressive range of up to 150 miles.

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