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Argonne’s HyMag technology boosts usable magnetic flux density of permanent magnets by 10-30%

Green Car Congress

HyMag significantly increases the usable magnetic flux density of a permanent magnet by 10 to 30 percent, leading to a significant improvement in the energy efficiency of electric motors and wind turbine generators. In electric cars, for example, the maximum allowable temperature of a motor would be around 150 ?C.

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Can We Harness Kinetic Energy to Reduce our Carbon Footprint?

Clean Fleet Report

Turning motion into electricity Wind turbines are a prime example of harnessing kinetic energy from the movement of air molecules. These turbines convert the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy, which is then transformed into electricity. See more at E Magazine. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

Teslarati

The magazine was successful in its aim, but it also demonstrated that it takes a very determined driver and an elaborate set of procedures to bypass Tesla’s driver-monitoring systems. . The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Only it didn’t.

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

Teslarati

The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. In a way, the publication of the new Elon Musk essay in the CAC’s flagship magazine is significant. Thank you for the invitation from China Cyberspace magazine. Posted by Elon Musk.

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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

The Truth About Cars

Merc claims this technology is a “direct derivative” of developments used by the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team, a fact which can be used whilst bragging about your new car to buddies at the beach house in Malibu.& Gearheads insist this configuration was actually the one to get, despite the V8 option grabbing all the magazine headlines.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

Cars That Think

Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.

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EVs to be showcased in London to Brighton electric vehicle rally

Drive EV

Among the 27 entries received so far , in addition to the C5 and i -Pace, the rally will feature Renault’s electric microcar, the Renault Twizy , solar powered cars, alongside self-build vehicles, including one built from a former chicken coup. Saloon cars. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars.

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