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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Separately, Ford today also announced a cash tender offer to repurchase up to $5 billion of the company’s higher-cost debt. One such project is Ford’s investment in redeveloping the historic Michigan Central Station and surrounding area to create a new mobility innovation district in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.

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News: Corvette Adds Electric Power to Boost Performance

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Another first for Corvette–Two drive modes (with or without engine) With a gentle nod toward electrification, the E-Ray also takes the Corvette into more new territory—its first all-wheel drive model, first hybrid model and first one with a Stealth Mode to slip out of the neighborhood without the full-throated blast of 6.2-liter

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California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

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Standardizing PEV batteries could reduce the purchase and ownership costs of PEVS, as well as addressing additional consumer issues such as maintenance and safety. Anaergia Services of Carlsbad received $395,121 to demonstrate a process which will convert green waste into renewable natural gas.

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National Academies report finds US interstate highways need major overhaul; calls for 20-year blueprint for action

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All dollar figures are converted 2016 values. Estimated spending needs for Interstate highway renewal and modernization over the next 20 years. The most recent complete data on Interstate Highway spending is for 2014. Because of their heavy use, however, they still account for more than 5,000 traffic deaths per year. Looming Challenges.

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Battery/Ultracapacitor System for Small Electric Vehicles

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In their study, the researchers connected the battery pack and ultracapacitor bank in parallel to the DC link with bi-directional two quadrant buck-boost converters. In this topology, the stress and oscillations of the battery current is reduced which results in the size and cost reduction of the battery and increases the lifetime.

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NYC Testing Rexroth Hydraulic Hybrid Technology in Refuse Trucks

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Hydraulic energy is converted into kinetic energy. The HRB system-equipped trucks will be operated in all five of the City’s boroughs, to test fuel efficiency and other parameters in a wide range of neighborhoods, seasonal conditions, and operating environments.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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The inverter converts alternating current to direct current when charging the vehicle and back the other way when sending power into the grid. The inverter converts alternating current to direct current when charging the vehicle and back the other way when sending power into the grid. This is good for the grid. We Drive Solar.

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