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Lightning Hybrids secures order for 35 hydraulic hybrid systems from Kiessling Transit

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The company’s system demonstrated improvements of 30% in fuel efficiency and significantly reduced NO x emissions during a year-long pilot program with the leading Massachusetts-based transportation company. Hydraulic pumps and a lightweight accumulator store braking energy and use the stored energy to power the wheels.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts: $2,500,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Lowell Regional Transit Authority, Massachusetts: $1,500,000.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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He was a theoretical guy, on leave from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a stint at the nearby research-and-development company Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line.

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Rivian introduces two quad-motor, AWD “Electric Adventure Vehicles”

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The R1T, a 5-passenger pickup truck, made its debut at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on 26 November and the R1S, a 7-passenger SUV, was revealed at the automaker’s press conference at Automobility on 27 November. The company’s 2.6-million-square-foot

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Drivers will need to select the "stealth" mode to rely exclusively on electricity stored in the battery. The Roadster runs exclusively on power stored in its battery: it does not have an onboard generator to extend its range. The stealth mode is a holdover from the origins of the vehicles propulsion system.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. Massachusetts. Lead organization. Description.

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The EV Transition Explained: Local Policies Shape Global Competition

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How massive an economic reshaping is in store? Massachusetts, for example, has set a goal of at least 750,000 to 1 million EVs on the road by 2030; it currently has some 51,000, of which 31,000 are battery electric. Together, the 18 states represent some 41 percent new light duty vehicles sold worth $486.7

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