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Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

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The simple engineering design is low maintenance due to having a minimalized drive train as the hub motor (1 kW brushless motor) is directly attached to the rear wheel. Production will be in different manufacuring hubs in Pakistan. Total vehicle weight is 175 kg; payload is 320+ kg. Charging time from the grid is 4.4

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Axial Vector and Kirloskar Oil Engines Forming JV for Mass Production of Axial-Type Engines

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The AVEC axial engine technology in a 60 hp (45 kW) application targeted at UAVs. Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) and Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) have signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a joint venture for the mass production of the Axial Vector axial-type, multi-fuel engines ( earlier post ).

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Study links air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea; suggested solutions include diesel filters and two-stroke engines running on LPG fuel

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We’re showing that pollution from human activities as simple as burning wood or driving a vehicle with a diesel engine can change these massive atmospheric phenomena in a significant way. Cyclone Phet in 2010 struck the coastlines of Pakistan and Oman and caused nearly $2 billion in damage. Phet was a category 4 storm.

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Navigant forecasts global natural gas fleet of 34.9M by 2020

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Natural gas is about 41% the cost of gasoline, Navigant says, noting that compressed natural gas (CNG) equipment adds between 10% to 40% to the cost of the vehicle due to the CNG cylinders and engine equipment, while liquefied natural gas (LNG) adds 60% to 80% due to the more expensive storage tanks. and 6 years, depending on the vehicle).

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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Those reviewers who whine about the Mitsubishi Mirage's lack of horsepower (I say it's a good-enough car with an excellent warranty for the money, or at least the last one I reviewed was ) should consider the engine in this car. You could buy versions of this car all the way through 2017 in Pakistan.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

Cars That Think

He began his career at Ferranti , an electrical engineering and equipment company in Manchester, England. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research.

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Bosch accident detection set of rules accelerates protection machine deployment with out including extra sensors

Baua Electric

A automobile strike involving a Robert Bosch engineer sparked an concept that would decrease ailing at the severity of related crashes. In 2019, Rameez Ahmad, an engineering supervisor at Bosch USA, was once touring in Pakistan with pals from faculty when a motorbike strike the passenger facet in their automobile.