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Cummins Westport Inc. and Cummins India Ltd. Receive Order for 460 Natural Gas Engines

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(CIL) announced that CIL has received purchase orders for 460 natural gas engines to customers outside of Delhi, India. The B Gas Plus and B Gas International engines, powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), are licensed by CWI and manufactured by CIL. India imports 70% of its diesel and gasoline.

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What Is Acoustic Vehicle Warning System & Its Importance on The Roads?

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The sound produced by EVs must be louder than 56 decibels, which is equivalent to a typical conversation, but not louder than 75 dB, which is equivalent to the normal loudness of combustion vehicles. We should also consider that in hybrids, this mechanism will be unplugged when the IC engine is turned on.

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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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Odyne’s hybrid technology combines electric power conversion, power control and energy storage technology with Remy electric propulsion motors, modular Johnson Controls lithium-ion battery systems and other automotive-quality components. The Terex Commander 4042 digger derrick features a DUECO, Inc. ComEd received a $1.5

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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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Simultaneously, the researchers will ascertain which chemical catalysts and operating parameters should be used to optimize the conversion of the fatty acids into the desired fuels. Bill Roberts, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and primary investigator of the grant.

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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

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Engineering firm NI has been significantly expanding its EV battery testing capabilities in the past few years. Eric Starkloff: We have broad-based technologies that serve many things related to electrical and mechanical engineering, so automotive has always been a segment for us for the long history of the company.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Biofuel projects are going to have trouble getting financing from Wall Street this year because all of them have questions about the long term pricing of petroleum; most of them have concerns about the pricing stability of their feedstocks; and many of the cellulosic projects have concerns about the conversion technologies. Billion vs. $28.3

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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liter Mitsubishi engine.) ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. The conventional A380 is powered by a 1.6- In 2009, China overtook the United States as the world’s largest automobile market with sales increasing 46 percent from 2008 to 13.6

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