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From Coast to Coast: Uncovering the Most Loved Cars in Each State

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Alabama: Ford F-150 Alaska: Subaru Outback Arizona: Toyota Tacoma Arkansas: GMC Sierra 1500 California: Honda Civic Colorado: Subaru Forester Connecticut: Toyota RAV4 Delaware: Ford Explorer Florida: Toyota Corolla Georgia: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hawaii: Toyota Tacoma Idaho: Ford F-150 Illinois: Honda Civic Indiana: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Iowa: (..)

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Honda Accord plug-in hybrid explores vehicle-to-grid tech

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Honda is to explore vehicle-to-grid charging technology as part of its efforts to develop more efficient and cost-effective plug-in electric vehicles. The Japanese carmaker will work with the University of Delaware and NRG Energy to build on the research first conducted by the university and energy [.].

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Honda joins vehicle-to-grid technology demonstration project in partnership with University of Delaware and NRG Energy

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Honda has joined a demonstration project for experimental vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology aimed at providing a potentially valuable energy storage resource to the electrical grid while providing for more cost-effective ownership of plug-in electric vehicles. through their eV2g joint venture ( earlier post ). Earlier post.). Infrastructure.

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GE Aviation hits Farnborough at full throttle; $7.5B in R&D investments since 2010; ceramic matrix composites and 3D printing

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GE and its partner engine companies—CFM International (GE and Safran), Engine Alliance (GE and P&W), GE-Honda Engine Alliance (GE and Honda)—will deliver more than 2,800 large commercial engines in 2016. Between 2015 and 2020, GE and its partner companies will deliver 10,000 large commercial engines.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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Several major automakers, including Honda, Toyota, and Hyundai, are committed to producing commercial quantities in the 2015-2017 timeframe and reaffirmed those commitments in 2012. The report also highlights efforts in Delaware, New Jersey, Texas and other states to advance fuel cell technologies. Light duty vehicles.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 1997, Willett Kempton , a professor at the University of Delaware, and Steve Letendre , a professor at Green Mountain College, in Vermont, began publishing a series of journal articles that imagined the bidirectional EV as a resource for electricity utilities. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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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 Delaware). Honda, Applied Materials). A novel metal complex for electrolysis of water will be used to generate the hydrogen at high rates. The project also will develop a chemical method to transform butanol into jet fuel. Harvard, Univ. Bioprocess and Microbe Engineering for Total Carbon Utilization in Biofuel Production.

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