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Milwaukee Tool Transforms Itself Into an Innovation Company

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Back in 2013, Milwaukee Tool embarked on an ambitious new direction for its products by giving their tools wireless connectivity. Milwaukee Tool knew that they were introducing something that would require a behavior change in their users. Along the way, they changed Milwaukee Tool into an innovation company. Milwaukee Tool.

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Harley-Davidson Livewire electric motorcycle makes European debut in Milan; more specs and details

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The new electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle—originally unveiled in Milwaukee during the company’s 115 th Anniversary this past Labor Day weekend—made its European debut at the Milan press conference of the EICMA show. Performance and range are optimized for the urban street-rider.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Vehicle Propulsion is one of the three strength areas, pursuing a range of topics focused on advanced IC Engine concepts and powertrain electrification. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France. MAHLE Powertrain specializes in research, development, and application of future powertrain systems.

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US Army Awards CD Technologies $19M Contract for Development of Large-Format Lithium-ion Batteries

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C&D’s primary market is standby power, which it services with a range of lead-acid battery systems. These new advanced lithium-ion battery systems will be developed and produced in C&D’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin operations, which has been a focus for renewed investment for the company over the last two years.

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Argonne rolls out updated version of AFLEET alternative fuels and advanced vehicles analysis tool

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Also, the Clean Cities program develops public resources to inform consumers on the environmental and cost benefits of a range of fuels and vehicles that cut down on petroleum use. There are nearly 100 coalitions of stakeholders, including state and local government agencies, businesses, fuel providers and community organizations.

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Tin-based nanoplates as promising anode materials for high-capacity Li-ion batteries

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Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology, with colleagues from the Beijing University of Technology and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, have synthesized tin chalcogenide (SnSe 0.5 1 with the voltage ranging from 4.5 S 0.5 ) nanoplates for use as Li-ion anodes. Tang et al. Click to enlarge.

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US PIRG report finds reduced driving and rates of car commuting in most populous US urbanized areas

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The urbanized areas containing two Wisconsin cities, Milwaukee and Madison, saw the second and third biggest drops in per-capita VMT: 21% and 18%, respectively. The average number of vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) per capita declined in 54 out of the 74 large urbanized areas the trends of which could be analyzed between 2006 and 2011.

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