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MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet

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The CTL study was conducted using data collected by the international office supplier Staples, as well as ISO New England, the nonprofit firm that runs New England’s electric power grid. Trucks with internal-combustion engines averaged 10.14 The paper will be published in a volume of the conference’s proceedings.

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UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies

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hallii has been driven by its close relationship to the bioenergy crop switchgrass, Juenger said in a presentation this January at the conference “Plant and Animal Genome XXIII”. Interest in developing genomic resources for P. Much like upland and lowland ecotypes of switchgrass, there are two major ecotypes of P. hallii var.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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Because such workers had at least a 50% increased lung cancer risk, our results suggest that the high air concentrations of elemental carbon reported in some urban areas may confer increased risk of lung cancer. Lesley Rushton, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, noted that: These studies in.

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Electrify Your Fleet Faster With Incentives and Rebates

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Current models, credit amounts and manufacturer phase-out info are available through the Internal Revenue Service. In Missouri, for instance, Ameren Missouri offers incentives to nonresidential customers that install Level 2 or DC fast charging stations. So far, only General Motors and Tesla have passed this threshold.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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The power and efficiency of the internal-combustion engine were at the core of the development of the automobile. Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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