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SCAQMD awards AC Propulsion $300K grant for 3 electric service van conversions

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The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has awarded AC Propulsion a $300,000 grant to integrate its electric drive system technology into commercial service vans ( three Ford E250 vans supplied by Comcast) in Southern California. The first conversion vehicle is slated for road testing in early summer 2011.

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Fraunhofer suggests e-scooters as application for its magnesium hydride paste hydrogen storage technology

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Specific energies and energy densities including conversion losses. The award-winning POWERPASTE technology is patented (EU, US) and offers advantages over other energy storage technologies, in particular in the power range from 100 W to 10 kW, Fraunhofer researchers said. This is a specific energy of 1.6 Source: Fraunhofer IFAM.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. A Microbial Consortium Enables Complete Feedstock Conversion - $1,574,966.00.

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Nissan and Uber partner in London: 2,000 LEAFs

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Nissan and Uber have signed a deal to support the introduction of 2,000 all-electric Nissan LEAFs for drivers who use the Uber app. This deal will help to deliver Uber’s vision for every car on the app in the capital—around 45,000 drivers—to be fully electric from 2025.

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Study finds wide range in GHG intensities and production costs of cellulosic ethanol from corn stover, switchgrass and miscanthus

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In their study, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology they found that—compared to gasoline—the GHG savings from miscanthus-based ethanol ranged between 130% and 156% whereas that from switchgrass ranged between 97% and 135%. 1 to a higher estimate of $1.66

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Electric or hydrogen cars – which makes more sense for NZ?

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With a growing emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on fossil fuels, two promising technologies have emerged as potential alternatives to internal combustion engines (ICE): Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). What are Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles? Read more on How FCEVs work?

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AC Propulsion and AutoPort, Inc. Partner to Develop EV Conversion Prototype for US Postal Service Feasibility Study

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AC Propulsion and AutoPort , an automotive conversion, restyling and processing company, will partner in engineering, development and conversion to provide an Electric Vehicle conversion prototype and report for the United States Postal Service. US Postal Service Electrification of Delivery Vehicles (28 August 2009).