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CALSTART Small Hybrid Bus Working Group Selects StarTrans-Azure Dynamics for National Hybrid Bus Deployment

Green Car Congress

The Azure Balance system includes engine-off at idle and at below 20 mph (32 km/h), while electronically supporting key ancillary functions like air conditioning, power steering and braking. engine and the 5-speed automatic TorqShift transmission.

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How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster

Cars That Think

The maps need to be refreshed regularly as science, technology, and the climate change. On the evening of Sunday, 22 May 2011, a multiple-vortex tornado touched down in the city of Joplin, Missouri. Nine months in to Lombardo's job, however, everything changed.

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How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster

Cars That Think

The maps need to be refreshed regularly as science, technology, and the climate change. On the evening of Sunday, 22 May 2011, a multiple-vortex tornado touched down in the city of Joplin, Missouri. Nine months in to Lombardo's job, however, everything changed.

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