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NYSERDA awards $4.6M to 17 transportation projects; support for Syracuse U supercritical diesel injection project

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Rochester), with Blue Lake Associates (Rochester) are working on a device that could reduce pollution from a diesel engine by generating an ionic field to oxidize particulate matter in the exhaust, breaking down complex pollutants and making engines more environmentally friendly. Environmental Energy Technologies Inc.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs Provide Value to the Drivers PHEVLERs use the Existing Energy Infrastructure PHEVLERs use Clean Fuels to Reduce Air Pollution. Thus, PHEVLERs and other electric vehicles may be allowed to continue driving when governments ban fossil fuel vehicles from driving in city centers due to air pollution crises or other reasons. [

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New analytic framework quantifies benefits of taxi ride-sharing: cut in cumulative trip length by 40% or more

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Researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Informatics and Telematics have devised a framework—the “shareability network”—to enable the systematic analysis of the tradeoff between collective benefits of sharing taxi services and individual passenger discomfort.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero. A mix of technology, a mix of urban planning, really setting the stage so people can make intelligent, resourceful decisions on when to use certain modes of transportation ,” said Cervero.

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California Energy Commission approves more than $20M for clean transportation projects; Tesla, Quallion, other EV, battery and alt-fuel vehicles projects

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the air district will demonstrate specially designed battery electric taxis that can use switchable batteries to give the vehicles essentially unlimited range. Two battery switching stations, at the international airports in San Francisco and San Jose, and six taxis that use switchable batteries will be used.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish.

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