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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. CSRC is working with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Toyota Connected (TC).

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XL to launch plug-in hybrid electric Ford F-250 pickup at NTEA Work Truck Show

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XL, a provider of connected vehicle electrification solutions for commercial, utility and municipal fleets, will unveil a plug-in hybrid electric version of the popular Ford F-250 pickup truck at the NTEA Work Truck show, 5-8 March in Indianapolis. Earlier post.). New execs.

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Maxwell Technologies introduces ultracapacitor-based engine start module for medium-duty diesel trucks

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The third terminal connects to the starter solenoid. A positive and negative terminal for connection to the remaining batteries, and a third that connects to the starter solenoid of the engine. at the Work Truck Show, 5-7 March in Indianapolis. New medium-duty ESM. Click to enlarge. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. ESM diagram.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Automakers will want to tap into connectivity to offer information and entertainment services. Many EV models are smaller and easier to park, and they uniformly include GPS systems as a standard feature. presence in Indianapolis. Automakers are also launching their own carsharing programs (BMW, Daimler, etc.).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Indianapolis Power & Light Company. The Standard for High Performance Green Buildings will consider a revision to encourage EV-ready building practices. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Eversource Energy. Georgia Power.

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DOE releases report from 6 projects evaluating EV charging impacts on grid and customer charging behaviors

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Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL). Installing a 240-volt charging station, which typically charges 3-5 times as fast as a charger using a standard 120-volt outlet, requires a licensed electrician and occasionally service upgrades. Participating utilities were: Burbank Water and Power (BWP). Duke Energy (Duke). Technology issues.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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These electrode assemblies are then sandwiched together with conventional separators and positive electrodes to make the battery, which is filled with an acid electrolyte, sealed and connected in series to the other cells. PbC battery. Click to enlarge. This will include 80 new locomotives, Granville said, although not all will be hybrids.

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