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Ford Selects Nat G as newest Qualified Vehicle Modifier; factory-qualified natural gas upgrades in Texas

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Nat G CNG Solutions, a Houston-based company specializing in compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle upgrades, has been selected as a Ford Motor Company Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM). Nat G works with customers and dealers to find the best vehicle configuration to achieve their goals of increased function and lower cost of ownership.

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ARPA-E awarding $100M to second SCALEUP cohort of 8 projects

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MettleWood has the potential to serve as a replacement for structural beams, columns, and connections that will ultimately result in significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. Award amount: $20,000,000). Award amount: $17,500,000). Niron Magnetics, Inc.

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Enterprise and Enbridge to proceed with Seaway and Flanagan South oil pipeline extensions; enhanced capacity for Canadian and Bakken crude to Gulf Coast

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The expansion of the reversed Seaway Pipeline will more than double its capacity to 850,000 barrels per day (bpd) by mid-2014 and transport oil originating in the Canadian oil sands and the US Bakken shale from Cushing, Oklahoma to the US Gulf Coast at Houston, with an extension to Port Arthur/Beaumont. billion to $2.8

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. University of Houston. These innovations could reduce the cost of HTS conductors by a factor of 30. Earlier post.).

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TTI/INRIX study shows US traffic congestion back at pre-recession levels; average travel delay/commuter 2x that in 1982

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last year, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Houston and Riverside, CA. nationally) including Riverside, Houston, Los Angeles, San Jose, Boston and Chicago. The total cost of congestion will jump from $160 billion to $192 billion. Total delay nationwide will grow from 6.9 billion hours to 8.3

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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The team’s control architecture will communicate with users via the app, providing suggestions for altering departure times, routes, and/or modes of transport to reduce energy consumption, without increasing the time or cost of the trip. The Connected Traveler: A Framework to Reduce Energy Use in Transportation. 1,576,345.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Lyft claims it is the fastest-growing ride share service and is available in 190 cities worldwide.

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