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GE Transportation expands locomotive diesel engine remanufacturing facility; demand increasing in part from compliance requirements for EPA Tier 3 standards

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GE Evolution Series locomotive engines in production at Grove City plant. The company will invest approximately $35 million to build capacity at a new diesel engine remanufacturing plant. The rule will cut PM emissions from these engines by as much as 90% and NO x emissions by as much as 80% when fully implemented.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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Our Texas-based group is focusing on three of these issues: autonomy, communications, and standards. Faculty from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas are developing flight-modeling and simulation strategies to assess the impact of structural failures on the flight performance.

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Westport LD announces new natural gas system for Ford Super Duty Pickups

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hardened engine platform, can also run on ordinary gasoline. The Ford F-250 and F-350 pickups with the bi-fuel Westport WiNG Power System have undergone the same Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) testing for safety and durability required for all OEM products. They are designed to meet both EPA 2012 and CARB 2012 standards.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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—Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. CNG is made by compressing natural gas to less than one percent of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Columbia, S.C.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Trinidad, Colo.,

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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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Automotive manufacturers are already looking at HET technology as the solution to size, weight and range constraints. Data indicates that the continuous and peak power density of the LL motor using standard cooling can exceed 1.9kW/kg and 2.7 kW/kg respectively, at a base speed of 3000 RPM. —Fred Hunstable, CTO of Linear Labs.

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Cummins/Peterbilt SuperTruck shows 54% improvement in fuel economy, 61% improvement in freight efficiency

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Scope and demonstrate improvements for a 55% engine efficiency. During the reported test, the Class 8 Peterbilt 587 powered by a Cummins ISX15 engine averaged 9.9 l/100 km) during testing last fall on US Route 287 between Fort Worth and Vernon, Texas. Sources of increased engine thermal efficiency. Source: Cummins.

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GE unveils prototype for first Tier 4 heavy-haul locomotive

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GE expects that the locomotive will be the first in the industry to meet the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stringent Tier 4 emission standards, which call for the single-largest emission reduction in the tiered program’s timeline. GE will produce its Tier 4 compliant diesel engines at its manufacturing plant in Grove City, PA.