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DSM Engineering Materials partners with Renault on lightweight and decomplexed PHEV fuel tank

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By using Akulon Fuel Lock , DSM’s high-performance low-carbon-footprint PA6 (polyamide 6) material, the fuel tanks can be produced with a blow molding monolayer construction that significantly reduces weight and cost without compromising safety or risking additional emissions.

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

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Where we could manage and then reduce the amount of carbon in our atmosphere? 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. In doing so, we miss opportunities to fix our home rather than flee it.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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Sustainability/carbon foot print. Definitive measures of carbon foot print and broader assessments of sustainability will require utilization of formal lifecycle assessment tools. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner. The production of these tires uses less energy.

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“Porsche of E-Bikes” Stokes Greyp Expectations

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Yet the company’s high-end offerings, starting from around $7,000, are similar technology flagships, designed to help Greyp sell its digital know-how to other bike manufacturers; just as Rimac is supplying EV tech to Aston Martin and Koenigsegg, and developing a high-performance EV for Hyundai. “We

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Results will provide insights into the response of gas hydrates to changing environmental conditions in zones susceptible to climate warming, the fate of methane in shallow subsurface and water columns, and the role gas hydrates play in carbon cycling. ?DOE

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Outer Banks 4WD

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A throwback but full of modern tech. The Bronco Sport shares mechanical parts with the Ford Escape, but the differences between the two are obvious pretty quickly. The Escape is more car like, while the Bronco Sport has a boxy shape, taller roof, shorter wheelbase and shorter overall length, earning comments it looks like a Land Rover.

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DLR and partners inaugurate largest solar-thermochemical H2 production plant

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Hydrogen generated using renewable energies can thus significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transport and heating sectors. The solar radiation is secondarily focused using a cone with a coating of reflecting material, which increases the efficiency of the process as less heat can escape. Resources. Cotelli, A.

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