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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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At CES, Toyota revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre (0.71 Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the city’s infrastructure. km 2 ) site at the base of Mt.

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The Future We Saw Coming Is Now

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You’d expect the three companies DARPA funded to come up with a chip, though there was no guarantee they’d commercialize it,” says Moore, who wrote “ Chips to Compute With Encrypted Data Are Coming.” “But One of the first feature articles Moore edited at Spectrum way back in 2000 was Stephen Forrest’s article on organic electronics.

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Wright Electric begins motor development program for 186-seat electric aircraft; 1.5MW motor, 3 kV inverter

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In order to achieve the commercial flight capability of the Wright 1, Wright is engineering electrical systems at the megawatt scale by building a 1.5 Since 2000, easyJet has reduced the carbon emissions for each kilometer flown by a passenger by over one-third (33.67%) and has a target to reach a 38% reduction by 2022.

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Chevron and Angelicoussis Group announce ammonia carrier joint study agreement

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Future opportunities will focus on additional global markets. Through the JSA, the Angelicoussis Group and Chevron aim to advance ammonia’s technical and commercial feasibility at scale, particularly as an export for petrochemicals, power, and mobility markets.

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European project to develop cobalt-free EV batteries awarded €11.8M

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The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) project has been awarded a €11.8-million Useful cycle life of >2000. >4.5V The financial objective is to achieve a cost of no more than €90/kWh at the pack level when entering commercial production. voltage window enabling stable SEI/CEI formation.

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Hino to use Cummins engines in MD and HD trucks for North America; shifting resources to Project Z BEV development

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will be paired with Allison’s 2000 and 3000 Series transmissions. Hino and Cummins will continue to evaluate additional opportunities to collaborate on powertrain strategies in the future. Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, manufactures, sells, and services a lineup of Class 4-8 commercial trucks in the United States.

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Volkswagen AG makes $9.2B offer for remaining shares of Scania; common toolkit strategy for commercial vehicles

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Volkswagen has been invested in Scania since 2000 and today indirectly and directly holds a total of 89.2% of the capital of the Swedish commercial vehicles company. This is a key step towards being able to fully exploit the advantages offered by the integrated commercial vehicles group for everyone involved. billion (~US$9.2