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

Green Car Congress

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; mpg (19.26 Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. engine brake thermal efficiency.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@. James Morrison, 2009 Toyota Prius by Hymotion/Green Car Company (Bellevue WA) October 2008contact Peak Oil Garage. Contact LMirisola@. Contact Ewan Pritchard at epritcha@advancedenergy.org.

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