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European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

Green Car Congress

The purpose of this project is to prove that hydrogen can be produced and stored from renewable electricity and then added up to 100% to the natural gas currently used with combined heat and power plants. Storing fluctuating renewable energy is one of the major challenges of the energy transition. million, of which €10.5

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92 refuse vehicles in Westminster to become Euro VI & ULEZ ready via Eminox/Amminex retrofit

Green Car Congress

The City of Westminster and operator Veolia have ordered a retrofit of 92 Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) for the upcoming Ultra-low Emission Zone in London. The homologation criteria in London are very ambitious, and the test vehicles have proven the Eminox-Amminex partnership to be a competitive solution.

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News: VanMoof Expands e-Bike Network to 50 Cities

Clean Fleet Report

VanMoof’s expanded stores will offer sales and service. Wearing my mask, I received a touchless store demo and then got to see for myself how helpful the pedal assist was when riding up San Francisco’s steep hills. The new network is not just a blossoming of modern, angular showrooms. Our Hands-On Experience.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Cars That Think

The demos, he recalled, ran 24 hours a day for nearly a week. Goodbye BBN, Hello DARPA Kahn officially left BBN the day after the demo concluded to join DARPA (the agency having recently added the word “Defense” to its name). He was able to take rejection and keep persisting.”

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

They were not widely used, but for some reason the surplus store had a big box of them. We reinvigorated the stock of limited prototypes we had built, and took AMPbot to the Demo Conference in 2010 and tried to launch it as its own project. The gyro is the most important measurement device that you use for keeping the robot upright.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

He left for UK in the seventies - and started an arts supply store. His son has now taken over the store, closed it down - and shifted to an entirely online model. He is a fellow commuting cyclist - both in London and Bhuj. Chandrakant grew up in Bhuj, and then went on to do his education from Ahmedabad and Bombay.