Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who set the fastest time in first and second qualifying sessions, retired on lap 27 due to an electrical failure, while Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg did not even start the race due to a fuel-system problem.
Natural gas powers the four-fuel-cell system, each cell capable of producing 200 kilowatts of electricity.
Bolt comes with a trick-looking two-into-one exhaust system, which includes an oxygen sensor and exhaust gas catalyst that works with the closed-loop fuel injection system.
Ford, Renault-Nissan and Daimler have agreed to jointly develop a fuel cell system to try to speed up the availability of zero-emission vehicles.
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While we can't underestimate the challenges we face, we also can't underestimate our capacity to overcome them--to summon that spirit of determination and optimism that has always defined us and move forward in a new direction to create new jobs, reform our financial system and fuel long-term economic growth.
In the short term, the plan proposes an electronic tax-collecting system, a fuel premium for private cars, imposing parking charges and creating more bus lanes.
"The dominant food-production system is based on fossil fuel at every level, " said Dr Martin Caraher, professor of food and health policy at London's City University.
Hybrids need to be equipped with larger battery packs, smaller and more fuel-efficient engines and a "two-mode system" that uses a pair of electric motors that propel the car at lower speeds.
Eiji Toyoda, president and chairman of Toyota at the time, pressed his employees to produce a car that measured each part against the best in the world, including the best transmission and the best audio system, and to have a high fuel-efficiency rating to boot.
Apparently there was an air bubble somewhere in their fuel system that was turning this rather simple routine into an all-day affair of filling up and emptying out jerry cans.
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Small-scale solutions such as the LNG In A Box system may encourage the transition of long-haul trucks from diesel fuel to LNG.
The system is capable of integrating real-time information, such as fuel prices, parking, traffic, tracking, weather forecasts and images from traffic cameras.
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The system cooling water which contained spent - but still highly radioactive - nuclear fuel rods failed and it took engineers some 30 hours to repair the damage.
In early April, the cooling system at one of the pools containing spent - but highly radioactive - fuel rods in reactor number three broke down for about three hours.
The system offers the usual satellite-radio amenities (XM NavWeather, local fuel prices, real-time traffic and stock updates, and more) as well as a brace of Internet apps, such as Pandora and Open Table.
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In a report published by The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Rubin, who has been awarded the Israel Defense Prize and oversaw the development of Israel's Arrow missile defense system, concludes that Iran today has the capacity to develop solid-fuel-based intermediate ballistic missiles with a range of 3, 600 kilometers.
They'll be jobs building the wind turbines and solar panels and fuel-efficient cars that will lower our dependence on foreign oil, and modernizing our costly health care system that will save us billions of dollars and countless lives.
Last week the Senate passed a substantial but flawed energy bill, which imposed tougher fuel-efficiency standards on cars but failed to consider a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system.
The Renewable Sustainable Expeditionary Power (RSEP) program seeks to create a transportable renewable hybrid system that can provide Marines with electricity for a 15-day mission without relying on fuel resupply convoys that often become targets for adversaries.
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Earlier this month, Daimler, Ford and Nissan re-upped their commitment to the lead-off batter for the Periodic Table of the Elements by announcing a pact to develop a common fuel cell system that could lead to affordable fuel cell cars by 2017.
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority claims that its E-ZPass system reduces delays for all drivers by 85% and saves 1.2 million gallons of fuel per year.
Rising expectations that the Fed will pump more money into the financial system through additional purchases of long-term bonds, such as mortgage-backed securities, helped fuel a 1.1% increase in gold prices Wednesday.
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