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CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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Today, CPKC is the first and only transnational rail network in North America. CPKC moves essential goods across a 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the US and Mexico. The conversion work will be done at CSX’s Huntington, West Virginia locomotive shop.

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BYD produces 300th electric bus in Lancaster; AVTA nears 1M emission-free miles

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AVTA is closing in on a landmark of its own: 1 million miles of zero-emission bus operations. In 2016, the AVTA board set a goal of becoming the nation’s first all-electric fleet and vowed to convert all of its aging diesel buses. AVTA will achieve that conversion milestone later this year. AVTA was one of BYD’s first customers.

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Earlier post.). Source: ARPA-E.

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QOTD: Dealing With The Metric System

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I personally can fairly quickly translate kilometers and kilometers per hour into miles and mph, but god help me if I try to quickly convert Celsius to Fahrenheit or vice versa. Second, what tricks do you use for quick conversions? of a mile, you can convert mpg to km/h by multiplying by 1.6. miles x 4, so 12.4

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

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Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. The car is no longer limited to 34 miles per hour, all-electric. Andrew Ewert.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C. The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven. FedEx Corp.

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Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

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Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted. The Starfire Mine, Kentucky, was once one of the largest coal mines in the United States.