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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Advances in high performance computing (HPC) resources are leading to a new frontier in engine and vehicle development, Wagner and Pannala suggested, including the ability to produce detailed simulations to generate benchmark data; engineering simulations to explore the design space (e.g., Wagner and Pannala. Click to enlarge.

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. —Tucker Perkins.

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DOE seeking input on analysis methodology and assumption for estimating total cost of ownership of future advanced vehicle technologies

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DOE analysis of ownership costs for future mid-size car. Error bands indicate technology uncertainties (red solid lines) and fuel price uncertainties (green dashed lines).Click Fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles. Alternative fuels from biomass. Key components, such as batteries, fuel cells, motors, etc.

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Newcastle Univ. researchers say expansion of Panama Canal could help reduce carbon footprint of marine industry

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In a paper published this month in the International Journal of Maritime Engineering , Paul Stott and Dr Peter Wright of Newcastle University, UK, suggest that the $6-billion Panama Canal expansion program offers the marine industry as a whole an opportunity to reduce its environmental impact.

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ZF’s ‘flexible’ approach to bring in global technology innovations – ET Auto

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Dr Holger Klein, CEO, ZF Group To set the pace for future transportation and mobility, the third-largest global Tier-I supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG is riding on a ‘flexible’ approach for technology transfer globally and investment in research and development (R&D). In 2007, it set up the first wholly owned subsidiary ZF India.

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DEED advertising pays off

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They now realize that EVs are less expensive to maintain than gas-engined vehicles. In 2007, Atherton, who has a degree in electrical engineering, began modifying his Toyota Prius by installing a Hymotion L5 module in the back of the car. “So Everyone loved these cars,” Beas said.

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KLM launching regular commercial flights Amsterdam – Paris on biofuel blend in September; Dynamic Fuels producing the bio-kerosene (HRJ) from used cooking oil

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The biofuel will be produced from used cooking oil by Dynamic Fuels at its Geismar plant and supplied by SkyNRG, the consortium launched by KLM and North Sea Group and Spring Associates in 2009. The plant uses Syntroleum’s Bio-Synfining Technology to produce the renewable fuels from feedstocks produced or procured by Tyson Foods.

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