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ETAutoTech Summit 2024 kick-starts today, themed ‘Engineering Sustainable Transition’ – ET Auto

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New Delhi: As the automotive industry navigates through a highly disruptive phase it becomes all the more important to engineer or design sustainable transition.

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

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A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. In the Crown Victoria, the proof of concept powertrain conversion systems improve fuel economy from 80%-200% from the base 4.6L

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Hillcrest Energy and Hercules Electric partner on electric powertrains

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Hillcrest Energy Technologies, a developer of power conversion technologies and control system solutions for next-generation electrical systems, and Hercules Electric Mobility, a company bringing electric propulsion systems to market for recreational boating and marine applications, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter The engine restarts automatically—in less than half a second—when the driver releases the brake pedal.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. We just had to do it.

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

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—Ajay Misra, deputy director of Research and Engineering at NASA Glenn Research Center. The Laboratory has helped revolutionize the lithium-ion battery, which became a game changer for the auto industry, noted Suresh Sunderrajan, associate laboratory director for the Energy and Global Security directorate.

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The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

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Bob” Charette has written about some of the thorniest issues facing the planet at large and engineers in particular. We often converse on Friday afternoons about what he’s hearing from industry insiders and academics on whatever subject he’s currently investigating. Over the last 20 or so years, contributing editor Robert N.