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Battery Resourcers to open North America’s largest Li-ion battery recycling facility by August

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Battery Resourcers, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, plans to open a commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. —Michael O’Kronley, CEO and Director of Battery Resourcers. The opening of this facility will help meet that demand.

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Hyundai Motor Group starts building lunar exploration rover development model

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Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Following discussions with the various stakeholders, the Group decided the direction for the initial lunar exploration mobility development model.

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AIChE and IChemE to build global alliance on hydrogen

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As part of the agreement, AIChE and IChemE will collaborate on a series of roadmapping activities and will solicit contributions from knowledgeable stakeholders such as manufacturers, academic and research institutions, technology and engineering providers, government entities, transportation experts, and end-users of hydrogen.

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Airbus invests in Venus Aerospace; liquid-propellant rotating detonating rocket engine

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Venus has developed—as part of a technology portfolio aimed at producing its envisioned Stargazer hypersonic aircraft—a liquid-propellant rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) with a double-digit percentage increase in efficiency over standard regular engines. Aerospace 9(10):581.

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FREYR Battery opens technology resources campus and business unit in Japan

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FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has established a technology resources campus and business unit in Japan. FREYR’s new facility will be located in Fukuoka where the testing equipment is currently being installed. —Rune Nordgaard, FREYR’s Country Manager, Japan.

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MIT engineers create 2D polymer that self-assembles into sheets

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Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers which form one-dimensional chains. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of the new study. Gordiichuk, P., Ichihara, T.

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Motiv Power Systems delivers nine electric box trucks to Community Resource Project

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Motiv Power Systems announced the deployment of nine electric box trucks with Community Resource Project (CRP). Motiv is focused on building a highly flexible system and a robust software platform that easily integrates already commercialized high-volume batteries, motors and other components into a chassis.