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Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

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The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles. On completion of testing and certification, Universal Hydrogen’s conversion kits could be installed in Air New Zealand’s regional fleet.

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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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In this first test flight, one of the airplane’s turbine engines was replaced with Universal Hydrogen’s fuel cell-electric, megawatt-class powertrain. The motor, a modified magni650 electric propulsion unit, and power electronics were supplied by Everett-based magniX. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight.

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Ford develops and begins manufacturing new powered respirator; expanding other COVID-19 efforts

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Ford has also started providing manufacturing expertise to help scientific instrument provider Thermo Fisher Scientific quickly expand production of COVID-19 collection kits to test for the virus. Collection kits for COVID-19 tests. Ford is helping scale production of collection kits for COVID-19 tests at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

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and their successful integration of ClearFlame’s technology into a Class-8 truck, validating the ability to seamlessly bring ClearFlame’s technology to scale using existing transportation solution providers and supply chains. These announcements include: Signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Reviva and Vander Haag’s, Inc.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. But during her first year at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln , she took a physics class and fell in love with the field thanks to her professor, she says.

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ON Semiconductor introducing new family of power modules for Automotive traction inverters

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These two power integrated module (PIM) devices bring best-in-class electrical and thermal performance while providing scalability and automotive reliability to the rapidly growing market for traction inverters. The first release on this platform is the AQG-324 qualified NVH820S75L4SPB.

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EU research partners develop solid state hydrogen storage tank coupled with fuel cell as vehicle APU unit

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The unit was fitted for the first time into an Iveco Daily van as an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), and was able to supply electrical energy for air conditioning, auxiliary heating and lighting. SSH2 explored the use of a new class of material for hydrogen storage (i.e. Partners in a 42-month, €3.5-million million (US$4.8-million)

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