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Texas awarding up to $5.7M for alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

A hybrid vehicle is defined as a motor vehicle with at least two different energy converters and two different energy storage systems on board the vehicle for the purpose of propelling the vehicle. Projects must result in at least a 25% reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ). Application deadline is 29 August 2012.

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Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Juniper GTL LLC President Vianney Valès announced the company will invest $100 million to renovate a dormant steam methane reformer in the Westlake, Louisiana area and convert it to a natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, producing waxes, drilling fluids, diesel and naphtha.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

We drove several F-150 Lightnings, in various trims, with and without payloads or trailers, out of San Antonio and through the winding roads of Texas hill country during the first week of May. kW DC-to-AC converter and an automatic transfer switch for the home’s electrical panel. vehicle line for more than 40 years.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

Clean Fleet Report

I was even able to spin the tires with the hybrid during my test drives of the all-new 2022 Tundra at a Toyota media event in San Antonio. The Tundra hybrid has a regenerative braking system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy, and stores it in the battery. versus 583 lbl-ft., Smooth Performer.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

Clean Fleet Report

The Sequoia Hybrid has a regenerative braking system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy, and stores it in the 1.87 Depending on the model, the height ranges from 74.2-inches For even more comfort you can get a load-leveling rear air suspension and an adaptive variable suspension. kilowatt-hour battery. inches to 77.7-inches;

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

Cars That Think

These changes could be converted into measurements of angular velocity. He has served as an honorary professor at six universities, including the Technical University of Crete , the University of Texas at San Antonio , and the University of Waikato , in New Zealand. Says Yannis Phillis, a professor at the.

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SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

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Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) are collaborating to combine two catalytic processes into a single reactor, with the overall goal of recycling carbon from COCO 2 2 to produce low-cost hydrocarbon fuels.

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