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Under development since 2011 at Mahle’s thermal spray development labs in Michigan, the new process initially was designed for high-output GTDI engines currently in production by two US domestic automakers. Johns, Michigan plant and at Mahle’s facilities in Europe, South America and Aguascalientes, Mexico. cold gas methods (CGS).
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for an algae-oil derived renewable F-76 shipboard fuel for the US Navy. million barrels of fuels per year: 42% of that is for aviation, 40% for ships. The Navy’s present base of petroleum-derived mobility fuels includes: JP-5 (at-sea). Diesel Fuel Marine. The Navy also counts nuclear as a mobility fuel.
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In a paper published in the journal Energy Policy , Erin Green of Green Energy Consulting; Steven Skerlos of the University of Michigan; and James Winebrake of the Rochester Institute of Technology argue that current US policies intended to promote the uptake of plug-in electric vehicles haven proven inefficient and ineffective.
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