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Summer Maintenance Guide for EV Charging Stations

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Ensuring normal heat dissipation from the EV charging station is crucial in maintenance in the hot summer environment. In the summer, maintenance also needs to give the charging module regular dust cleaning to ensure the module’s cooling effect. Gateway Maintenance. Connector Maintenance. Regular cleaning.

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Bureau Veritas awards AiP to HELION marine fuel cell system

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The marine fuel cell system uses a double envelope enclosure that enables the system to be perfectly sealed in a saline environment. Finally, its vertical architecture facilitates ease-of-access during maintenance operations. Finally, its vertical architecture facilitates ease-of-access during maintenance operations.

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Leclanché and Medha partner on high-energy battery packs for railroad and commercial vehicle markets

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The partnership agreement allows for Leclanché to provide its Li-ion battery pack solutions, including but not limited to its INT-53 and INT-39 high energy battery packs, to Medha for a wide range of projects including auxiliary and maintenance railway vehicles as well as passenger trains. Its ECE R100.2 Its ECE R100.2

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American Honda Motor to pay $1.9M in penalties in California for small engine emissions violations

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Through extensive tests in its lab CARB discovered that this equipment did not meet the evaporative control emission standards that Honda had originally agreed to during the certification process. The violations involved small off-road engines used in generators and lawn and garden equipment.

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CMU study finds secondary organic aerosol production from PFI and GDI vehicles has been “substantially” reduced by tightening NMOG standards

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Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a major component of fine particulate matter—which causes adverse health effects—even in urban environments; vehicles may be a dominant source of SOA in urban areas, although there is still an ongoing debate over SOA formation from on-road sources.

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New Mexico adopts Clean Cars Rule

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The rule includes a combination of increasingly stringent vehicle emission standards and a requirement that manufacturers deliver for sale an increasing number of zero-emission vehicles, such as battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in New Mexico. —New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Cabinet Secretary James Kenney.

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DOT issues discussion document on principles for a connected vehicle environment; safety as top priority

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The principles reflect the positions of the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration), NHTSA, and RITA at this time of adoption related to research, demonstration and implementation of a connected vehicle environment. Transportation Safety is the DOT’s top stated priority for the connected vehicle environment.