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MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World

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Everybody thought a fuel cell electric motorcycle was impossible, and a team of MIT students aims to prove them wrong. The post MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Wait, What? Two New Hydrogen Motorcycle Projects Keep The Hopium Coming

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In today’s news that makes you hmmm… A couple of recent news items from some well-known organizations caught my eye, not just because they are both working on hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle projects, but also because the names of both institutions have a certain cachet in the tech world that. continued] The post Wait, What?

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ZF and start-up Levant Power partnering on first fully active, regenerative suspension for automobiles

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founded in 2009 out of MIT ( earlier post ), is an emerging technology company headquartered working to develop the first fully active, regenerative suspension for the automotive, trucking, mass transit, and defense industries. In addition, there are ZF systems for buses, trucks, agricultural machines and motorcycles.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Like this post?

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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DOT’s vision for V2V is that eventually, each vehicle on the roadway (inclusive of automobiles, trucks, buses, motor coaches, and motorcycles) will be able to communicate with other vehicles and that this rich set of data and communications will support a new generation of active safety applications and safety systems.

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UTS study details efficiency benefits of combining ethanol direct injection with gasoline port injection

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The EDI + GPI concept was proposed by MIT researchers in 2005. The UTS team, Yuan Zhuang and Guang Hong, used a modified single-cylinder motorcycle engine (Yamaha YBR250). Earlier post.). Existing methods of using ethanol fuel—e.g.,

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New Proposal for Discrete Road Systems for High-Speed Vehicles and Low-Speed Modes of Transportation Seeks to Enhance Sustainability Without Compromising Benefits of Motor Vehicle Use

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pedestrians, bicycles, pedicabs, mopeds, motor scooters, motorcycles, golf cars, minicars). Delucchi proposes cut-off points of 40 km/h top speed and 500 kg maximum curb weight for the LLM roadway. LLMs would include any mode of transport under these limits (e.g., Graedel and Ester van der Voet, 2010.