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UPS cargo eBike pilot in Seattle

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

In an effort to address growing traffic congestion and air quality concerns, UPS and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the deployment of an innovative downtown delivery pilot project using pedal-assist cargo eBikes and customized, modular trailers.

Seattle

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Corvus Energy’s marine lithium polymer battery pack used in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Lithium polymer battery packs from Corvus Energy were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat, the RotorTug RT Adriaan of KOTUG, an international maritime service provider headquartered in The Netherlands. This diesel-to-hybrid retrofit represents Europe’s first low emissions hybrid tugboat. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells.

Polymer

Polymer Mariner Hybrid Lead Acid

Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

As a result, studies continue to show that EV drivers are experiencing less transportation-related financial strain than drivers of traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. In addition, EVs have far lower maintenance costs and incentive programs via tax credits, meaning that they are even less expensive to own in the long run.

El Paso

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ABB and Fincantieri to Collaborate on Shore Power Systems

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The new shore connection systems to be developed by ABB and Fincantieri will meet all current international standards, and can be installed on ships while under construction, docked for maintenance or even out at sea.

San Diego

San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Power

Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

High emitters occur as a result of breakage, mal-maintenance (performance modifications, rechipping, and/or after-treatment removal), and at end of a vehicle’s useful life. —Bishop et al. In their study, Bishop et al.

Emissions

Emissions Fleet Light Taxi

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. Seen here near the port of Seattle, in 1962, the NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. Emblemsvåg and the NuProShip team picked three reactor designs after analyzing 93 concepts in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s SMR handbook.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water

12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The exact date depends on when the Large Hadron Collider is set to renew proton-proton collisions after three years of upgrades and maintenance. According to the International Energy Agency, only. Tiangong will orbit at roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station but will be only about one-fifth the mass of the ISS.

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Engine Hydrogen Energy Storage Carbon

Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

That announcement came about three weeks after a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 body shortly after takeoff, terrifying passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. a major Boeing production hub north of Seattle. grounded some Max 9s.

Alaska

Alaska Fleet Production Portland

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

University of Washington, Seattle. Develop a unified reference guide of design requirements, and provide in‐person training and tours that showcase best practice garage/maintenance facilities for natural gas, propane, and hydrogen vehicles. Marathon Technical Services USA Inc. Open Topic/Exploratory Research (Area of Interest 11).

Vehicles

Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal

The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. We did a ribbon cutting for Kitsap Transit, which is right across from Seattle. Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. Charged : I suppose maintenance is also less than with a wired system? Our maintenance schedule is minuscule.

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Charging Batteries Battery Taxi

Volkswagen’s Golf Alltrack challenges the Subaru Outback; directions for 4MOTION and vehicle dynamics

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For example, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this year, Volkswagen presented the Tiguan GTE Active Concept plug-in hybrid. There is no public roadmap for 4MOTION, although there is an internal one, Dr. Muth said. Diagnostics and maintenance information is also available through VW Car-Net.

Vehicles

Vehicles Connect Connected Standards

Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

An internal system that tracks maintenance work at the facility, which assembles 737s, shows the request for maintenance but does not contain information about whether the door plug was inspected after it was replaced, the person said. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door.

Wichita

Wichita Alaska Plug-in Plug

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is likely to unveil a prototype plug-in hybrid at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit as part of its company-wide focus on "electrifying" the car, GM officials said Thursday. told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo. 11/11/06 General Motors Corp. 10/27/06 General Motors Corp., Bloomberg ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

EV Driven

UPS cargo eBike pilot in Seattle

Corvus Energy’s marine lithium polymer battery pack used in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

Electric vehicles are inflation relief

ABB and Fincantieri to Collaborate on Shore Power Systems

Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Volkswagen’s Golf Alltrack challenges the Subaru Outback; directions for 4MOTION and vehicle dynamics

Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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