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First drive with Mercury Marine’s electric Avator motors: A smooth, quiet ride (for small boats) [Video]

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The noted developer of marine technologies has launched its five initial outboards under its new Avator lineup of all-electric motors, and I got the chance to test each of them out in Charleston, South Carolina. Having spent over eight decades specializing in combustion engines, Mercury is admittedly new to the EV game.

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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Sacramento will round out the previously announced list of Apollo participants including Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, Duke Energy, Google, DTE Energy, and The Hertz Corporation. Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program. Penetration in 2012 was only a fraction of 1% of vehicles sold.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. Water will be the primary byproduct. Engineering a Bacterial Reverse Fuel Cell.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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The Hyundai Fuel Cell also won this year’s Wards “10 best engines” which is a first for this technology. Recently Linde sold 28 hydrogen stations—with this compressor—for fuel cell vehicles to Japan to Iwatani Corporation. With this “small series” infrastructure commercialization, production costs were reduced 33%.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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West Virginia University Research Corporation will develop a Methane Mitigator (M2) system designed to eliminate fugitive natural gas emissions from well site operations and pipeline compressor stations. The technology is expected to reduce natural gas emissions and improve operational efficiencies.

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