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Westport enters consortium agreement with EMD to develop natural gas fuel system for rail locomotives

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The consortium is expecting to demonstrate the natural gas locomotive as part of the previously announced Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) project with CN and Gaz Metro. Westport Innovations Inc. High-Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) injectors provide a small diesel pilot spray and a larger gas spray.

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Innovative hybrid rotor compressor design can extend productive life of stripper wells; improved transport and efficiency, lowered operating costs

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The hybrid rotor’s high volumetric efficiency increases its power density and the concentric rotation design eliminates troublesome parts from the transmission mechanisms that exist in many compressors today. Its design allows nearly frictionless operation. Natural gas stripper wells produce less than 60,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day.

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32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

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As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

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—“Destination Sustainability” The report identifies seven challenges to achieving more–environmentally sustainable freight transportation in North America: Lack of internalization of external costs of freight transportation. Inadequate coordination among North American transportation agencies. Gathering and Sharing Data.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises releases biomethane vehicle trial report; buys 14 gas trucks to run on biomethane based on results

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The release of this CO 2 is part of a sustainable carbon cycle—hence, biomethane is a renewable fuel. km cycle statistically representative of vehicle distribution patterns from Enfield. However, the total cost of ownership increased by 15.3% primarily due to the additional capital cost of the gas vehicle.

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Machine Learning Might Save Time on Chip Testing

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For those destined for critical systems in cars, those tests are particularly extensive and can add 5 to 10 percent to the cost of a chip. In that process, chips are tested in groups and are all subjected to the complete battery, even if some parts fail some of the tests along the way. But do you really need to do every single test?

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Study finds that low carbon vehicles will make progress in closing TCO gap by 2030, but will still require financial support for wide adoption

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An analysis of future vehicle total costs of ownership (TCO) in the UK found that low carbon cars can make substantial progress in bridging the current cost gap by 2030. It examined how the total cost of owning a car can be expected to change to 2030 with the introduction of lower carbon technologies. Click to enlarge.

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