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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

Green Car Congress

Fuel Cell Bus Fleet Extended Operation and Support Continues operation of existing fuel cell buses at AC Transit in revenue service, the largest most successful fuel cell bus fleet in the U.S. CALSTART Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; ElDorado National; BAE Systems; Ballard Power Systems. Consortia lead. AC Transit.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since I was attending the Detroit Auto Show, I could replicate my UK trip for comparison. Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. That was during a comparison arranged by Honda, showing off a prototype electric car in the late 1990s.

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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

Clean Fleet Report

Companies across the world are transitioning their fleets to either fully electric or hybrid systems. For comparison, today only one percent of our current national fleet consists of electric vehicles. In Cleveland, Ohio, Oliver Frichtle claimed his battery-powered car could make it 100 miles before needing a charge.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Cars That Think

Comparisons with the benchmark model show a 4x improvement in tracking performance, smoother control inputs, and faster and more consistent computation time. “TJ-FlyingFish: Daltorio from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and University of Portland, in Portland, Oregon, USA. Leonardo Labs, Rome, Italy.

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