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IHS Markit sees supply crunch coming for electrical steel; potential disruptor of OEM electrification plans

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Electrical steels ( earlier post ) are special steels optimized for specific magnetic properties, including a small hysteresis area for low power loss per cycle, low core loss and high permeability. Some 35 to 45 low-power motors are fitted on average per car, with about 20 in the B segment and 80 in the E segment.

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Nuvera breaks ground on automated fuel cell production facility in China

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Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, a provider of fuel cell power solutions for motive applications, is building a fuel cell stack production line in the Hangzhou district government of Fuyang, China. The fuel cells will power heavy-duty vehicles such as delivery vans and transit buses. Additional capacity can be added as demand requires.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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Physicists first suspected more than a century ago that the fusing of hydrogen into helium powers the sun. 440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. And modern spacecraft need more power than an RTG of reasonable size can provide. At nearly 1.4

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NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne hot fire test rocket engine injector made by 3-D printing

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NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted the successful tests for Aerojet Rocketdyne through a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement. Aerojet Rocketdyne designed and fabricated the injector by a method that employs high-powered laser beams to melt and fuse fine metallic powders into three dimensional structures.

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UPS to add more than 6,000 natural gas trucks 2020-2022; $450M investment

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UPS plans to purchase more than 6,000 natural gas-powered trucks beginning in 2020 and running through 2022. As part of the new agreement, Agility will provide complete end-to-end natural gas systems for heavy-duty gas trucks, terminal tractors and medium-duty walk-in vans, which are UPS’s familiar brown delivery trucks.

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Gotion unveils its Astroinno L600 LMFP battery

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addition, the Cleveland Institute in Ohio, USA, has developed a new electrolyte for LMFP, which greatly improves the high-temperature cycling and storage performance. Anyway, it’s nice to know that when Volkswagen finally gets serious about electric cars, the German automaker will have a good cobalt-free battery tech to power them.

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NASA moves Environmentally Responsible Aviation project into next phase of research with 8 large-scale technology demonstrations

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Flap and Landing Gear Noise Reduction Flight Experiment : Analysis, wind tunnel and flight tests to design quieter flaps and landing gear without performance or weight penalties. and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Our next steps will help us work towards that goal.

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