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MAY 29, 2009

The field evaluations are designed to authenticate both the technical and economic benefits of the HRB system, and provide real-world operating data DSNY will use to consider large-scale deployment of the technology within the city’s in-service and new vehicle fleets. Bosch Rexroth also offers a series-hybrid package of its HRB.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has recently made two awards to researchers to support multi-year projects on the development of thermoelectric (TE) waste heat recovery technologies. The projects are part of a larger Air Force initiative to explore the use of alternative energy sources and energy harvesting and storage.

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JUNE 30, 2009

Dallas-based BAF Technologies has begun converting 600 AT&T Ford E-Series vans to dedicated CNG technology in 2009. This is part of AT&T’s plan to invest up to $565 million to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. Tags: Conversions Fleets Natural Gas. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Dissolved oxygen levels are continuously monitored as part of the EPA monitoring protocols required for the use of subsea dispersants. However, this report does not discuss the broad ecosystem consequences of hydrocarbons released into the environment. Tags: Brief. If concentrations had fallen below 2 mg/L (1.4

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 28, 2022

Artemis , powered by the Space Launch System rocket, is America’s first attempt to send astronauts to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, and technology has taken giant leaps since then. Much of Artemis’ hardware is refurbished: Its four main engines, and parts of its two strap-on boosters, all flew before on shuttle missions.

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JUNE 8, 2009

However, the results of multiple projects sponsored as part of the program indicated that substantial up-front costs exist. While maglev trains are in use throughout the world, those systems are primarily high-speed test environment systems where speeds reach in excess of 250 miles per hour. Forward or reverse propulsion.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The Royal Automobile Club’s new initiative was staged as part of the 2010 LBVCR weekend to actively promote and demonstrate environmentally-friendly energy technologies. Tags: Brief. Tata Indica Vista EVX at RAC Future Car Challenge. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

NASA has selected selected Boston-Power’s Swing battery system ( earlier post ) as a part of Project M—a proposed project to land an operational humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days. Johnson Space Center, located in Houston, Texas, for possible integration into an advanced space vehicle as part of the Lunar Lander project.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

in a field study of household experiences and the technical impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), in a smart grid environment. The cars, which are slated to arrive in mid-September, will be circulated in three-month stints among 108 randomly selected Boulder households that volunteered to be part of smart grid pilot tests.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

In a simulated environment, a disembodied skeletal arm powered by artificial intelligence lifted a small toy elephant and rotated it in its hand. In another environment, disembodied skeletal legs used 80 muscles working through 16 joints to kick and flex, engaging in the kind of “ motor babbling ” that toddlers do as they work toward walking.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada (MMSCAN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Transport Canada, a part of the Canadian national government that is responsible for transportation policies and programs, for feasibility testing of the zero-emissions i-MiEV electric vehicle. Tags: Brief.

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MARCH 5, 2010

AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA, a leader in agricultural and rural loans and part of the Farm Credit System, was the lead lender on the loan, and Silicon Valley Bank and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Tags: Brief. helped facilitate the financing of this bond transaction.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

On this Veteran’s Day 2013 I honor my father-in-law, Bob Bushweit for his service starting at the age of 18 in World War II where he fought as a member of Patton’s Third Army across Africa and Europe and actually did preserve our freedom and our democracy as part of the greatest generation. .

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies, together with the German automotive supplier Hella, has developed innovative radio-frequency components for a 24 GHz radar sensor which reliably monitors the blind spot in the car’s rear section (Blind Spot Detection). The MMICs are tagged. Block diagram for 24 GHz radar system.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Scania will focus on developing an engine that can operate on both alcohol- and gaseous methane-based fuels that will combine the higher efficiency of diesel (compression ignition) technology with the exhaust aftertreatment systems of Otto (spark ignition) technology. Tags: Engines Fuels. FFI has R&D activities worth approx.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The committee will be chaired jointly by the head of the DREAM (Research, Advanced Studies and Materials division) at Renault and the CEA technological research director. The CEA has multidisciplinary expertise in several key areas of sustainable mobility and will draw upon all its resources in the area of technological research.

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APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science.

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JULY 29, 2010

one of the current and future technologies as a core part of our product portfolio, our capital allocation process, our vehicle platform design and manufacturing processes. This is not just an image vehicle, or an image technology. This is important. This is strategic. It’s not a science experiment. Nancy Gioia. Affordability.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

A paper on their work was published online 12 August in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Tags: Brief. The process is based on the sorption enhanced reforming of CH 4 , employing CaO as a high temperature CO 2 sorbent, combined with a second chemical loop of CuO/Cu. —Abanades et al. Murillo, J. Fernandez, G.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

The two-part ISO 6469 will help manufacturers to design fail-safe electrically propelled vehicles, as well as provide a framework for the information they need to make available for safety personnel and emergency responders dealing with accidents involving such vehicles. Emergency response.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology led the study, which examined the overall potential for sustainable, large-scale production of biofuels made from salicornia bigelovii and saltwater mangroves. This technology has been pioneered by Dr. Carl Hodges of Global Seawater Inc. , Source: Dr. Carl Hodges. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 18, 2010

Williams Hybrid Power’s novel flywheel technology helped to power the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid to the lead for eight hours at last weekend’s Nürburgring 24hr race. It wasn’t enough for a win, but the Porsche hybrid technology clearly proved its potential at one of the world’s toughest races.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The Qorivva MPC5566 is the first device from Freescale’s Qorivva MPC55xx Family to integrate 3MB of embedded flash memory, to be qualified for the harshest automotive environment and to offer full Read-While-Write capability. Tags: Engines Vehicle Systems.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The two organizations will work together to identify areas of cooperation for promoting the use of electric vehicles, as part of PASENER 2007-2013 (the Andalusian Sustainable Energy Plan) and the Renault-Nissan alliance’s zero emissions strategy. Tags: Brief. In 2009 it produced a total of 755,370 units, of which 70% was exported.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Current customers of Ashwoods’ Hybrid Transit vans include Riverford Organics, the Environment Agency, Transport for London and the Borders Agency, plus the councils of Camden, Coventry, Gateshead, Hackney, Islington, Leeds and Liverpool. million) project part-funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The project will be funded in part by a $5 million ARPA-E grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Low-input traits developed through modern genetics can provide wide-reaching benefits to the energy and agricultural sectors as well as the environment—just the type of transformational impact energy officials are looking for.

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JULY 22, 2010

Unless information submitted in response to the RFI is marked proprietary, FHA will publish it on the AERIS (Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis) website ) so that the research information is accessible and proactively shared among the public and private sectors and academic communities. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The US House Committee on Science and Technology’s Energy and Environment Subcommittee held a hearing to examine the scientific basis and engineering challenges of geoengineering, a term that encompasses a wide range of strategies to deliberately alter the Earth’s climate systems for the purpose of counteracting the effects of climate change.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The Federal German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety ( BMU ) will award Mercedes-Benz Vans a grant of up to €9 million (US$13.4 Up to 50 Mercedes-Benz vans will be produced and delivered to customers as part of this project. Tags: Electric (Battery).

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APRIL 16, 2009

The proposals are part of a £250m strategy, seen by the Guardian, spelling out a revolution in Britains road transport network based on ultra-low carbon vehicles. Part of this attempt to habitualise people to electric cars will be to offer various models to the public to try out. he said.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Water scarcity is quickly becoming a critical global issue with significant social and environmental implications and all of us need to be part of the solution. —Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. Tags: Sustainability Vehicle Manufacturers Water.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Additionally, success within the heavy use taxi industry will help to ensure efficient technology transfer to the mass market, where daily mileage is far less on average. The company’s first demonstration electric vehicle is housed at the University of Melbourne and will be used to evaluate the new technology.

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JUNE 19, 2010

Stakeholder Interactions and Technology Transfer. Ongoing development and enhancement of evaluation techniques, performance measurement, and technologies to capture environmentally-relevant data. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The maximum Federal funding per award is $40,000.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety recently awarded €5.7 Chemetall is part of a consortium of companies participating in “ LithoRec ”, a research and development project related to the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The award was part of the large $2.4-billion,

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JUNE 9, 2010

We are honored to be part of this first-ever contract to provide outsourced hydrogen to PetroChina. The hydrogen production plant will feature technology advancements to maximize facility energy efficiency and emission reductions. Tags: Brief. Phil Sproger, vice president-Business Development for Asia at Air Products.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Tom Siewert leads a group of researchers at this NIST test facility that will be testing these component parts—pipes, valves, fittings and pumps, among other pieces—for their suitability in transporting and delivering hydrogen. Tags: Brief.

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