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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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NAM will deploy its advanced, cost effective and environmentally friendly process technology to provide a ~60% reduction in carbon intensity relative to the traditional Chinese synthetic graphite. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

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Samsung SDI, LG Chem, and Panasonic—the three largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries—are all looking for sustainable alternatives thus putting a strain on Chinese imported graphite. million in grants and has expanded its customer base outside of the European borders. In the past year, the company has secured €4.3

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PHEV powertrain company ALTe in new commercial vehicle JV in China with Henan Benma; target 10K units/year

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The JV will utilize an existing manufacturing license that was previously granted to Benma. Benma currently produces 20 different models of commercial vehicles for the domestic Chinese market with a production capacity of 300,000 vehicles per year.

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Tsinghua Study Finds That Conventional Three-Way Catalyst Can Handle the Unregulated Emissions from Low-Content Methanol-Gasoline Blends

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However, the use of coal-generated methanol as a practical alternative fuel is one of the most realistic options for China, because of the “oil-lean, gas-lacking, and coal-rich” structure of Chinese energy resources. —Fan et al. —Fan et al.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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GWM Ute EV 2021 GWM Poer EV unveiled in Beijing Unveiled at the Beijing auto show in September, the HiLux-sized Poer – it’s simply called the Ute here – is the electrified spin-off of the Chinese pick-up that will be sold as the GWM Ute in Australia. Australian sales are a definite possibility.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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We need to make sure that we have a diverse set of people at the table to be able to ensure that when these models are put out there, there’s a degree of transparency that we can help review and be part of that conversation. At the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, we are a grant-making organization internally for our faculty.

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China team engineers cyanobacterium for significant increase in alka(e)ne production

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Some of the same researchers had earlier reported the application of a consolidated bioprocessing strategy to integrate photosynthetic biomass production and microbial conversion producing ethanol together into Synechocystis sp. Redirecting the carbon flux to acyl-ACP can provide a larger precursor pool for further conversion to alka(e)nes.

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