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Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

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In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 Prins’ established footprint in large emerging markets for alternative fuels including Turkey and Africa opens access to new markets for Westport’s products. Operations.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. “Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced

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