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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Optimization and Evaluation of Energy Savings for Connected and Autonomous Off-Road Vehicles. Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition.

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GreenMan Subsidiary to test CNG/Diesel dual fuel upgrade on refuse transfer truck

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has signed an EPA Test Vehicle Agreement with Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc. to convert one of its refuse transfer trucks to APG’s dual fuel system and begin on-the-road test trials and emission compliance approval. The initial vehicle to be tested for Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc. American Power Group Inc.,

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Aclima partnering with Google to map outdoor air quality with Street View vehicles

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As a pilot, in August 2014, Aclima instrumented three Google Street View vehicles to perform a month-long system test in the Denver metro area during the DISCOVER-AQ study conducted by NASA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sample output from the Denver pilot. Click to enlarge.

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EIA: planned capacity additions to US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve Cushing bottleneck

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The project would convert existing natural gas pipelines into 230,000-320,000 bbl/d of crude oil delivery capability from the Bakken formation and Denver-Julesburg basin to Cushing and nearby refineries in third quarter 2014. Flanagan South is currently scheduled to be online in mid-2014. Pony Express. Permian Basin pipelines.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

The Denver EAA chapter is still dedicated to its core mission nearly 50 years after its founding. Members of the Denver Electric Vehicle Council tour the Xcel Energy Cherokee power plant. David O’Neill on his ‘Silent Knight Electric Motrocycle,’ a converted Yamaha Big Bear. Air Force Academy. “We

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. making the final connection between the existing public access LNG fuel infrastructure in Southern California and the LNG fuel stations being developed in Utah.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

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In essence, it was the first scanner technology where you could take a piece of text and put it under the eye of a machine with this really sensitive material and it would convert the ink-based letter forms into sound. You would use the app and it would connect you with a sighted volunteer who could then see what’s on your phone’s camera.