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Tesla trademarks a fan’s idea for a Cybertruck-inspired backpack

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Tesla has trademarked the “CYBERBACKPACK,” according to United States Patent Office filings, perhaps indicating the electric automaker has purchased the rights to a fan’s idea for a backpack inspired by the company’s electric pickup. Initially spotted by Electrek , the CYBERBACKPACK was originally a fan idea.

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Tesla revisits idea of mining lithium directly as prices continue to rise

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In 2020, Tesla seemed ready to produce Lithium in Nevada. “We have some cool ideas for sustainable lithium extractions & refinement,” he said. The post Tesla revisits idea of mining lithium directly as prices continue to rise appeared first on TESLARATI. Tesla considered producing Lithium before.

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

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In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” The general idea is really simple,” Schneider says. “A A lot of people have said they also thought of this idea.

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2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: Top MPG for a big family gets a price under $40k

Green Car Reports

Toyota has for a long time teased the idea of making its hybrid powertrain a modestly priced option on mainstream models, on virtually the entire model line, rather than having specialized Hybrid models. And now with the upcoming 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid it’s essentially doing that.

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Kawasaki Heavy taps Corvus Energy for batteries for first all-electric tanker

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) was awarded the contract for the ship’s propulsion system in September 2020 and will integrate the 3,480 kWh Orca ESS from Corvus Energy to power the vessel. This idea was originally proposed by e5 Lab and Asahi Tanker. The ships will be built by KOA Industry Co., and Imura Shipyard Co.,

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NACFE to focus on electric trucks in regional haul

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Specific activities for 2020 will include data analysis, interviews with key stakeholders, collaboration workshops and publishing findings in order to share learnings with all interested stakeholders. —Mike Roeth, Executive Director, NACFE.

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Volkswagen preps for I.D. EV production with MEB Supplier Summit; I.D. in 2019, I.D. CROZZ in 2020

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CROZZ concept vehicle in the US in 2020. For the introduction of MEB vehicles, Volkswagen is strongly committed to the approach of value sourcing, under which suppliers contribute their ideas for better technical solutions through concept competitions in the early stages of development. Earlier post.).

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