Four British-built Optare MetroCity single deck electric buses are currently being trialed on route H98 in London, which operates between Hayes and Hounslow.
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NIST study severe corrosion in underground gasoline storage tanks
In recent years, field inspectors in nine states have reported many rapidly corroding underground gasoline storage tank (UST) components such as sump pumps. These incidents are generally associated with use of gasoline-ethanol blends and the presence of bacteria, Acetobacter aceti, which convert ethanol to acetic acid, a component of vinegar. Corrosion can result in failures, leaks and contamination of groundwater, a source of drinking water.
Fraunhofer researchers take a different angle on wireless charging
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen, Germany are pursuing an alternative approach to inductive (wireless) charging for electric vehicles.
Small Cars Don’t Do So Well in Crash Tests
By Jenn Gidman,
Not that we’d ever want this to happen, but if you’re going to get into a crash in a tiny car, you might want to be in a four-door Mini Cooper Countryman.
GM sued over deaths, injuries linked to ignition switch
By Jessica Dye
General Motors was hit Tuesday with a lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 650 people allegedly injured or killed in accidents involving cars that have been recalled this year for faulty ignition switches.
