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PNNL leads team to accelerate development of affordable carbon fiber composites

Green Car Congress

PNNL found the carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite technology studied could reduce the weight of automobile body systems by more than 20%. PNNL partnered on the project with Toyota, Magna, PlastiComp, Autodesk, University of Illinois, Purdue University, and Virginia Tech.

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Rivian Q1 income to mirror manufacturing facility downtime

Baua Electric

In a Might 1 shareholder letter, CEO RJ Scaringe stated the EV maker has produced about 35,000 automobiles because the get started of manufacturing, together with the R1T, R1S and two sizes of trucks for Amazon, the EDV500 and EDV700. Rivian is construction a plant in Georgia to create R2 automobiles settingup in 2026.

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Alcoa Foundation awards Ohio State University $400K to research light-weight, metal-based, vehicle structures

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There is a growing recognition that the lightest weight and most affordable vehicles in the future will not be made from one material, but many different ones. Daehn notes a pressing need to reduce the mass of all classes of wheeled vehicles, including light automobiles, trucks, and passenger busses. —Glenn Daehn.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

If just one out of five urban residents in Europe permanently changed from driving to cycling, emissions from automobiles would be cut by 8 percent, the study reports. Owning a reliable automobile has long been one of the only successful means of getting out of poverty. That’s especially true if you are a poor urbanite.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

Cars That Think

A simple keyword- or rules- based rating system for evaluating the responses is affordable and scalable, but isn’t adequate when models’ responses are complex, ambiguous or unusual. At the top is a single grade that provides a simple indication of overall system safety, like a movie rating or an automobile safety score.

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Kroger announces the installation of 350 EV chargers in ten U.S. states

Teslarati

Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee, and Virginia are among the states that will host future installations. . ” Many direct-current (DC) fast chargers are compatible with most automobiles, allowing for a wide choice of charging options. There will be several more expected before the end of the year.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. for climate control in automobiles. automobile market. affordably and dynamically control power flow will open up. University of Illinois at. sorghum and switchgrass.

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