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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. million grant to support the project’s development. Renewable propane. In addition to being an alternative fuel, Perkins noted, propane may also be able to be produced as a renewable fuel.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. DTNA and three other major truck OEMs were awarded multi-million dollar grants by the DOE and each matched the DOE funding dollar for dollar. Aerodynamics. Fleet: Schneider, Walmart.

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout ForĀ in 2023

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The Evolution of Smart Grids Speaking of electric vehicle batteries, 2023 will mark a turning point in the use of used EV batteries to store renewable energy and feed it back into the grid when the sun isn’t out or the wind isn’t blowing.

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

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If we can be in a professional hearing protector to use on airports, construction sites, mines, whatever you use, factories, oil rig platforms, you can do almost anything. But now, I mean, today we have over 300 granted patents, another 90 that will be approved soon. We run the factories on 100 percent renewable energy.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective. It is 12 years later. GM would only lease them.

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