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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

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by Dr James Jeffs, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the production line, grinding manufacturing to an industry-shaking halt.

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Faraday Future forced to delay deliveries, scrambles for cash

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Faraday Future never truly seems to be able to escape its whirlwind of issues, and even as it has implemented changes, those problems don’t seem to be ending. Second, the company remains in limbo as it waits for critical parts to arrive to continue production of the first units. What do you think of the article?

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Unifrax recently broke ground on its first production line located in New Carlisle, IN, which is expected to come online in early 2022. The SiFAB technology becomes part of a Unifrax battery portfolio that also consists of thermal management products and separator media. He has authored more than 850 journal articles.

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Ford EV sales boost led by Mustang Mach-E, loses #2 sales spot to GM

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The Mustang Mach-E made up the majority of Ford’s EV sales, selling 5,407 units, which was a decline from the previous quarter, as Ford notes that the Mach-E production facility underwent significant production upgrades. What do you think of the article? “Ford is off to a fast start to the year.

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Rivian’s newest electric van variant has hit the road

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Thanks in large part to a massive 100,000 van order from America’s largest retailer, Amazon, Rivian has been able to continue to ramp production of its electric delivery vans (EDVs) considerably. What do you think of the article? One of the defining segments of Rivian is its electric delivery van offerings.

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Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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Propane, which has an existing global market for applications including engine fuels and heating, is currently produced as a by-product during natural gas processing and petroleum refining. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane. coli bacteria. Pauli Kallio, András Pásztor, Kati Thiel, M.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. Albeit slowly, entrepreneurs who helped build out the products and services over the tech boom of the past 20 years are now searching for technologies to address the crisis.

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