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OP engine developer Achates Power closes $29.8M Series D; OGCI Climate Investments comes onboard

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Achates Power, the developer of next-generation two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston (OP) engines ( earlier post ) announced that OGCI Climate Investments has invested in the company’s Series-D round. —Dr Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate Investments. —David Johnson, president and CEO, Achates Power.

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EPA official: the future of the internal combustion engine is bright and clear

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Even while projecting to the future and talking about batteries and electric vehicles, he said, “ when you look at our actual analysis and you look to our projections for the future, 95% or more of the vehicles, all of the heavy-duty vehicles in our analysis are relying on IC engines. should not discount novel engine designs.

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Equity: More important than ever

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Endless studies on the impact of pollution and climate change on low-income families have all come up with the same general result: It is a very real and very serious problem. It should also be noted that those in poverty have a higher chance of experiencing the ill-effects of climate change.

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SAE CRP1234-4 analysis of R-1234yf nears completion; finding refrigerant safe and effective in automotive applications

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The SAE International Cooperative Research Project (CRP1234-4) team, formed last year to perform an updated engineering safety analysis of the low global warming potential (GWP) R-1234yf refrigerant ( earlier post ), met during the SAE World Congress in Detroit. Climate Change Emissions Safety Vehicle Systems'

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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

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Ford led the Detroit automakers while achieving the greatest percent reduction in smog-forming emissions of any manufacturer evaluated. The company also showed strong improvements in GHG emissions due to its increased use of hybrids and its focus on smaller, turbocharged engines in vehicles ranging from the Ford Focus sedan to the F-150.

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Top 7 Best, Classy and Fastest Electric Cars In Today?s World

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However, modern engineering has been able to change this notion by introducing the fastest electric cars. However, modern and fastest electric cars are here to change all that. The fastest electric cars proved just what modern engineering can bring to the table. Detroit Electric SP:01. Detroit Electric SP:01.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Hybridization of vehicles engines have been one interim step and is also starting to be seen at power plants in the electrical generation industry. ” A very clear, time-bound, one nation goal.

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