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Shell/AirFlow Starship hyper-fuel efficient Class 8 truck to make cross-country run

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Shell has partnered with the Airflow Truck Company to collaborate on a hyper-aerodynamic, fuel-efficient Class 8 concept truck: Starship. This next-generation concept truck features a custom, aerodynamic design and aims to demonstrate improvements in fuel economy for Class 8 trucks. and ending in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Drive Notes: 2024 Acura Integra Type S

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An optional carbon-fiber spoiler added $950 and 19-inch copper wheels cost $2,186. Fuel economy isn't great, but it's not miserable, either. Save for the trio of large exhaust outlets and the probably not necessary optional carbon-fiber spoiler, there's little of the "boy racer" styling of the Civic Type R.

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2025 Cadillac Escalade Adopts IQ Features, Dumps Diesel Engine

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The huge screen controls just about everything on the vehicle and features voice control, navigation, an app store, and is compatible with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Escalade-V shoppers get carbon fiber instead of wood and everyone gets a staggering amount of customizable interior lighting options.

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DOE issues FOA for up to $4M for development of advanced H2 storage systems and materials

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Most of the hydrogen that is used today is stored as a compressed gas (with pressures typically ranging from 150 to 700 bar) or a liquid (liquid storage requires cryogenic temperatures near 20 K). In addition, the costs associated with high-pressure fast refueling adds to the overall costs associated with using hydrogen fuel cells.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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energy storing) materials. burn systems and controls that allow compliance with proposed EPA Tier 3 emissions regulations with smaller penalty in fuel economy. pressure fuel injection, and higher pressure engine operation, for implementing the clean diesel combustion strategy. Carbon Fiber or Lightweight Materials.

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Road Test: 2023 McLaren GT

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Unassuming Speed McLaren lets you know right away the GT is a serious driver’s car—the carbon fiber steering wheel is void of all buttons and controls for the audio, telephone and cruise control—meaning serious driving ahead. The roof with a fixed glass panel slopes to the carbon fiber deck lid with a window over the 14.8

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Toyota introduces second-generation Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle as design and technology flagship

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In the Toyota Mirai, compressed hydrogen fuel is stored in three 10,000-psi carbon-fiber-reinforced high-pressure tanks: one mounted longitudinally in the center of the car; another mounted transversely under the rear seat, and a third below the battery. Cooling air for the battery is silently pulled in from the cabin.

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