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BorgWarner Electric Butterfly EGR Valve to Debut with Diesel Engine OEM in 2010

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BorgWarner’s new electric butterfly EGR valve technology will debut with a leading commercial engine manufacturer in 2010. BorgWarner is introducing an electric butterfly EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) valve for diesel applications. Tags: Engines Vehicle Systems. Click to enlarge.

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Flash Drive: 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup

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Which 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickup truck do you want to own? If you have driven any electric vehicle, you know the acceleration is quick, with manufacturers trying to outdo each other with the shortest time to 60 or 100 mph. While exciting, WTF seems to be a way to win a bar bet that a pickup truck this heavy can go that fast.

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Ecomotors Says Its OPOC Engine Could Deliver About 45% Greater Fuel Efficiency in a Class 8 Truck And With Tier 2 Bin 5 Emissions

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EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize an opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine family ( earlier post ), showcased its EM100 (100mm cylinder bore) base module implementation at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington DC last week. The turbocharger unit with electric motor.

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Greenius Says The Congresswoman Gets It. Harman Calls Lack of Bold or Binding Agreement to Cap GHG Emissions in Copenhagen, “Stunning.”

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Added to the list are impressive grassroots efforts like the South Bay Climate Action Group and business community innovations like Balqon’s all electric heavy duty trucks and LEDtronics’ high efficiency lighting. I want to make sure you get to keep on doing what you’re doing without interruption.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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At full capacity the plant could produce approximately 10 million cells capable of generating 900 megawatt-hours of energy per year—the equivalent of the battery power required for 45,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with an 80-mile range or enough energy to support 1,000 GE Evolution Series hybrid locomotives. Aerovironment, Inc.

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FEV Showcased Partner and Internal Advanced Hybrid Development Projects at SAE World Congress; Demonstrations of Capability

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Pcific Gas & Electric will buy two this year ( earlier post ), and West said that they have some 12,000 soft orders from utilities for a truck version of the H3 ReEV drivetrain (e.g., SIDI turbocharged engine provides electrical power. Powertrain and electrical packaging. Earlier post.).

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. million, resulting in a net emissions and petroleum increase as grid electricity is replaced with non-renewable hydrogen hauled in diesel trucks.

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