Shiny New Locomotives – Fast, Too – For Amtrak

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Speed and more energy efficient locomotives bound for Amtrak service in the Northeast begin rolling off the assembly line in Sacramento. Read more →

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Philadelphia Trains’ Harvested Energy A Money Maker

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The energy that might otherwise be wasted from regenerative braking is now a source of revenues and represents an increase in operational efficiency. Read more →

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Regenerative Brakes To Power Airplane Taxiing?

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A team of U.K. engineers envisions a much quieter, less polluted runway, with planes using energy recovered from their landing gear brakes to power taxiing. Read more →

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Trains Turn Braking Into Usable Energy

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Viridity Energy is undertaking a pilot project in Pennsylvania to bank regenerative braking energy from trains on the busy Market-Frankford line. Read more →

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UniCab Is An Interesting Big Green Taxi Concept for NYC

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The UniCab concept design taxi utilizes solar, hydrogen, and regenerative braking as well as plug-in charging to provide juice for the all-electric New York City "Taxi of Tomorrow." Read more →

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Electric Motorcycle Speeds Along at 150 MPH

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How fast do you think electric motorcycles are capable of going? How about somewhere north of 150 MPH, as recently was proven by Mission Motors on some salt flats. Read more →

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