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Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

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Our environmental track record and continual efforts to help our customers build more sustainable communities played a major role in our decision to use renewable diesel in our fleet. There’s no change in engine performance. Western States Oil, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Our experience has been positive.

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QuantumScape expands to Asia-Pacific region with new R&D enter in Japan

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Headquartered in San Jose, California, QuantumScape has worked with automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and tools and materials suppliers across the Asia-Pacific region for several years. QuantumScape has started building a team of engineers and scientists and is actively hiring for a number of open positions.

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BAE Systems, QinetiQ to integrate hybrid electric drive into tracked combat vehicle

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The engineering activities of the HED system will primarily occur at the BAE Systems’ Sterling Heights, Michigan, and San Jose, California, facilities. Build is planned to be completed at the BAE Systems’ Sterling Heights prototype shop.

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Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030

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By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. This strategy builds on the company’s preparation of its Chattanooga facilities for local EV production.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products. Partners include Husky, Miliken, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Niagra, Oklahoma State University, Under Armor, and Unifi.

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ECONAMIQ: Flexible over-expansion with cylinder deactivation can reduce ICE fuel consumption by up to 20%

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Dutch start-up ECONAMIQ is developing a novel engine technology which saves up to 20% in fuel consumption. The “ECONAMIQ principle” uses flexible over-expansion in combination with cylinder deactivation technology to increase performance and efficiency without significantly changing the engine layout or architecture.

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