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Ken Garff Automobile buys 7 Hawaii Kia dealerships

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Ken Garff Automobile Workforce on July 31 got seven Aloha Kia dealerships at the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii. Management groups on the dealerships additionally will keep in park, as will the Aloha Kia naming conference.

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Hawaii State Legislature Raises Tax on Petroleum from $0.05 to $1.05 per Barrel

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The Hawaii State Legislature has reported out of conference HB1271 , which boosts what had been a state environmental response tax on petroleum of $0.05 per barrel to an environmental response, energy and food security tax of $1.05 per barrel. Breakdown of the allocation of the proceeds of the tax hike include: $0.05

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Boeing and Hawai’i BioEnergy to collaborate on renewable aviation fuel

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Announced on the eve of the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) CEO Summit, the memorandum of understanding highlights how the companies will work together to identify biofuel sources and supporting technologies for producing sustainable jet fuel in Hawaii. Being an island state with a strong U.S.

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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. The projects include: Hawaii Bioenergy ($5 million DOE investment). Based in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Bioenergy will develop a cost-effective photosynthetic open pond system to produce algal oil. Nearly $16.5

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Phoenix Motorcars Introducing Electric AWD Phoenix SUT at FedFleet 2010

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Phoenix Motorcars will present its newly configured Sports Utility Truck (SUT) ( earlier post ) at the FedFleet 2010 Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, 13-15 July 2010. Initial vehicles will be included in demonstration programs, such as those previously announced in Hawaii, and fleet operations in various locations, including California.

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New low-voltage W-band millimeter-wave technology; applicable for cars, bikes, cellphones

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Details of the technology are being presented this week at the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) 201 in Honolulu, Hawaii. We researchers know that some millimeter-wave circuits presented at major conferences, biased at 1 V or higher, won’t last long. The W-band covers the frequencies used by automotive radars.

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IEEE awards Honeywell software team 2012 Control Systems Technology Award for OnRAMP Design Suite for Powertrain Control

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Kihas and Borrelli accepted the award on behalf of the team at IEEE’s Conference on Decision Control held 10-13 December in Maui, Hawaii. Ever-tightening emissions legislation is driving increasing numbers of sensors, actuators, and lines of software code into modern engines.

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