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GILLIG posts highest score for battery-electric bus at Altoona

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GILLIG Battery Electric Bus by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Charlotte, North Carolina. The comprehensive testing assesses key performance areas, such as maintainability, reliability, safety, structural integrity, noise, fuel economy, and emissions. Report Number: LTI-BT-R2021-12 ). With an overall score of 89.5

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Cummins Westport introducing new ISB6.7 G mid-range natural gas engine

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G is currently in field trials with full production expected to commence in mid-2016. g/bhp-hr PM and 2016 US greenhouse gas and fuel economy regulations. G will be manufactured in Cummins’ medium-duty engine plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. will unveil the ISB6.7 Earlier post.) The new ISB6.7

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GE Aviation and Turbocoating SPA form JV for Ceramic Matrix Composite Components (CMCs); lighter, more efficient engines

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Equally important, their high-temperature resistance properties greatly enhance engine performance, durability, and fuel economy. operation in Hickory, North Carolina. The LEAP engine will enter airline service in 2016.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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Trump also froze fines for fleet fuel-economy violators , after his administration lost a court battle to roll the fine amounts back—another move that indirectly likely suppressed the EV market. There’s been no about-face to a clean-energy economy. jobs, with 931,000 more jobs for the broader economy. businesses.