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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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The goal is to develop a production prototype for refueling stations that will retail for about one-tenth of the cost of currently available systems. and Milwaukee and the Advanced Hydraulics group in Eden Prairie, Minn. The development project will be led by Eaton’s Innovation Center teams in Southfield, Mich.,

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Nestlé Waters North America adds 155 new medium-duty propane autogas trucks to delivery fleet

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The new medium-duty delivery trucks, added to the company’s existing autogas fleet of 30 Ford trucks of the same model, will also help the company save on maintenance and fuel costs. Propane autogas, a domestically produced fuel, costs the company an average of $1 per gallon, versus their $2 per gallon cost of diesel.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Lextran will receive funds toward the design and construction of a covered storage area and the incremental cost of additional zero emission vehicles. Milwaukee County. Milwaukee County will receive funds to purchase battery-electric buses to replace diesel buses purchased near the end of their useful life. 2,500,000.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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GE Aerospace Research “I am a believer that this type of material is a game changer,” says Ayman El-Refaie , an IEEE Fellow and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisc. El-Refaie originated the GE program in dual-phase materials in 2005.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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In particular, silicon nanowires (SiNW) are widely studied as a promising anode material for high-capacity LIBs due to its low cost of fabrication and volume production potential. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge.

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