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Finland’s oldest ferry goes all electric with Visedo

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The Föri initially entered service in 1904, after the City of Turku commissioned local shipyards Aktiebolaget Vulcan to build a city commuter ferry to take passengers across the Aura River to Åbo.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

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And the highest energy density and the greatest cycle life, the greatest durability of a battery as it undergoes many charge and discharge cycles as you fill it up with energy and drive it and recharge it come from batteries that are rich in cobalt and nickel. For the cathode of the battery, we need a layered metal oxide.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI). I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. Variable Valve Timing that allows the timing of the valves to be adjusted. It can improve fuel economy by 2%. GM has 24 models available with VVT in 2010. HCCI represents a longer term solution.

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