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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

2001 to 2006. -5%. Measures of motorization in the US. Peak year(s). Reduction in 2011 from the peak. Vehicles per person, per licensed driver, and per household. Distance driven. Distance driven per person, per licensed driver, per household, and per vehicle. Fuel consumed. 2003 to 2004. -13% 13% to -17%.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

However, the fuel-cycle PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs could be up to five times higher than those of ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) and CNGVs. Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Private industry and DOE’s national laboratories have already helped to reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. The University of Texas’s Center for Electromechanics, Electric Vehicles International, Hydrogenics USA and Valence Technology will also participate in this project.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon Automotive PHEV. Click to enlarge. mpg US, 2.8 Axon Automotive Ltd. Axon Automotive Ltd. L/100km) at the Shell Ecomarathon race.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Omni Tech International, Ltd conducted the study for the United Soybean Board. A group of international reviewers verified the project was performed in accordance with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14040/44 Life Cycle Requirements. kg (for the 3.36 kg (for the 3.36

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APRIL 24, 2010

A spinout from Warwick University (UK), Sorption Energy , is commercializing vehicle air conditioning systems based on waste heat-driven adsorption heat pump technology developed by Professor Robert Critoph and his team at University of Warwick School of Engineering. kW with 2-kW peaks. Part 1: Conceptual and Embodiment Design.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Hackers” obtained the e-mails from computer servers at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in England, one of the main repositories of information about climate change. University Vice President for Research Henry C. Specify case number A09120086. —Henry Foley.

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JULY 11, 2011

Engineers at Arizona State University have engineered E. Between 1960 and 2006, estimated production ranged from a low of 1,740 million pounds in 1960 to a high of 11,897 million pounds in 2000. In 2006, eight. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) also classifies styrene as a potential human carcinogen.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The study led by a team from the University of Leicester (UK) suggested that 86 Mg CO 2 -eq ha -1 yr -1 (over 50 years) or 100 Mg CO 2 -eq ha -1 yr -1 (over 25 years) represent the best available estimates of typical emissions from peat decomposition in palm plantations. greatly reducing or stopping carbon inputs to the peat from biomass.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Elements of these solution sets were introduced by SMART in a 2006 article entitled “ New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation ,” in the Bridge Magazine of the National Academy of Engineers. Of 9 reports from the TEF project, four deal with reducing transportation demand. The five themes are: Systems integration.

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JULY 14, 2010

Ilhan Aksay’s group at Princeton University, has demonstrated that small quantities of high-quality graphene can dramatically improve the power and cycling stability of Li-ion batteries, while maintaining high-energy storage capacities. Vorbeck Materials Corp., PNNL, in collaboration with Prof. Earlier post.). Vorbeck Materials Corp.

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

Target features for the hybrid roadster include a 600 cc internal combustion engine and 20 kW continuous power electric motor powered by a Li-ion battery pack that delivers similar acceleration to the Spyder 990 RS roadster. The government’s Automotive Partnership Canada program is contributing $6.2 million and BRP is contributing $5.1

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MARCH 7, 2010

Yi Cui at Stanford University reported the demonstration of a new proof-of-concept lithium metal-free battery with high specific energy consisting of a lithium sulfide (Li 2 S)/mesoporous carbon composite cathode and a silicon (Si) nanowire anode. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Magnomatics was established in 2006 as a spin-out from the University of Sheffield to commercialize research on magnetic transmission systems, originally conducted by Professor Kais Atallah and Professor David Howe in the Electrical Machines & Drives research group at the University. Magnomatics.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet, which has been increasing during the past decade over its southern region, is now moving up its northwest coast, according to a new international study. Courtesy John Wahr, University of Colorado. The Greenland Ice Sheet. Air temperatures over the Greenland ice sheet have increased by about 2.2 °C

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The findings were based on 111,370 participants of the UK Biobank study cohort, who underwent eye tests from 2006 to 2010 at sites across Britain. It’s promising that we may have now identified a second risk factor for glaucoma, after eye pressure, that can be modified by lifestyle, treatment or policy changes. —Professor Foster.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Magnomatics was founded in 2006 by a group of engineers from the University of Sheffield (UK) to commercialize magnetic gearing and motor technology developed there. Magnomatics says that a typical installation would have MAGSPLIT mounted directly onto the crankcase of the internal combustion engine. Background.

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JULY 2, 2010

Bacteria belonging to the family Deinococcaceae are some of the most radiation-resistant organisms yet discovered, notes Dr. Michael Daly at USHUS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), who has been working with the bacteria for years. Broad, international patent applications for protecting these inventions.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

In 2006, China decided to meet 15% of its transportation energy needs by 2020 and, following India’s example, focused on Jatropha, with plans to raise it on more than 1 million ha of marginal lands. India encouraged millions of marginal farmers and landless people to plant Jatropha across India, Kant and Wu said.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Funded by the DOE’s Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA), NREL’s Fleet Test & Evaluation (FT&E) team performed a 12-month evaluation of six MY 2007 P70D hybrid vans and six MY 2006 P70D standard diesel vans at a UPS location in Phoenix, collecting and analyzing fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Researchers at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, are now proposing surrogate models for these nine fuels developed for studying low-emission, high-efficiency advanced diesel engine concepts. Flowchart showing the surrogate formulation method. Credit: ACS, Anand et al. Click to enlarge. FACE developed nine fuels.

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JULY 9, 2012

A research project within Volvo Car Corporation in collaboration with the Department of Signals and Systems at Chalmers University of Technology is developing Intersection Support, a system which alerts and automatically brakes for crossing traffic when necessary. Accidents involving wild animals are a major international traffic problem.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Daimler first put China on the map of its worldwide Research & Development network in 2006, with the localization of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. In addition, it does own research on topics like in-car air quality or allergy prevention and builds up ties with universities and other research organizations.

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APRIL 17, 2010

The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million international competition for the first privately funded team to land a robot on the moon, explore at least 500 meters and beam packages of high-definition video and imagery back to Earth. GLXP is the largest international prize ever offered. Education & Global Development.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe but, on earth, it must normally be extracted from water or organic compounds. Dr. Winand joined the Board as Chief Executive on 1 September 2006. FCEVs are a real opportunity to offer motoring consumers a zero tailpipe emissions yet practical solution.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion billion Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the older (1965) High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Relying on the International Vehicle Emissions model, the researchers modified base emission factors based on their emissions testing and established vehicle emissions inventories for Tianjin: The Tianjin fleet generated 690 tons of CO, 84 tons of VOC, 158 tons of NO x , 2 tons of SO x , 6 tons of PM, and about 13.4 Oliver, Hongyan He. “

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MARCH 5, 2010

A section of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane (CH 4 ) is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

With the 10 th 5-year Plan (“10-5”, 2002-2006), the government introduced the goal of developing and commercializing electric vehicles. The government increased spending in a third phase, from 2006, to RMB 1.1 The government committed RMB800 million (then the equivalent of $97 million) from the State High Tech Development Plan.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

China and South Korea have catalyzed their domestic R&D by making significant investments in the S&T research enterprise and enhancing S&T training at universities. China tripled its number of researchers between 1995 and 2008, whereas South Korea doubled its number between 1995 and 2006.

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He is the founding director of the Advanced Research Institute at the university, which helps faculty members get access to research funding, government laboratories, and industry research centers. National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering from 2010 to 2013. He served as chair of the U.S.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

However, argues a team from the University of Minnesota in an open-access paper published in the journal Energy Policy , once the “fuel market rebound effect” is factored in, RFS2 actually increases GHG emissions when all fuel GHG intensity targets specified under the act are met.

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APRIL 24, 2010

Since the end of 2006, Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK and FKFS have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and technology. The primary goal is developing a prototype of a CNG-fueled parallel hybrid based on an Opel Astra Caravan with less than 90 g CO 2 /km emissions.

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Joppe Bos Employer: NXP Semiconductors Occupation: Cryptographic researcher and technical director Education: Bachelors degree in computer science, University of Amsterdam Masters degree in grid computing, University of Amsterdam Ph.D. If you design a cool algorithm, it could end up in the crypto library of Microsoft.

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MAY 18, 2016

These activities were transferred into Sony's corporate R&D group in 2006, and Sony has continued to study AI technologies, including deep learning as well as reinforcement learning. Sony CSL, located in Tokyo and Paris, represents a stronghold of AI research in the global AI community.

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In the 2005 Grand Challenge, Carnegie Mellon Universitys H1ghlander was one of five autonomous cars to finish the race. He loaned it to the museum in 2006, and since 2008 it has resided permanently in the museums collections, alongside other remarkable specimens in robotics and automobiles.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day. Sherwood, R.C.J. Somerville, K.Steffen, E.J.

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