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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

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Cleveland-Cliffs. 10% 30% in Water Intensity. 15% 15% in Water Intensity. 20% 20% in Water Intensity. Minimum 50%. Ford Motor. General Motors. Harley Davidson. Johnson Controls. Nissan North America. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America.

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Midwest EVOLVE electric vehicle project hosts first EV ride and drive at Earth Day event in Ohio

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The ride-and-drive is a part of a new seven-state project called Midwest EVOLVE (Electric Vehicle Opportunities: Learning, eVents, Experience). Earth Day Coalition will give consumers a chance to test drive some of the newest electric vehicles at EarthFest 2017 , 22 April at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Middleburg Heights, OH.

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Artemis II Will Send Astronauts Around the Moon

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This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. In March 2022, this 40-meter liquid-hydrogen tank was attached to the 20-meter forward assembly to form part of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System. and the electric propulsion thrusters are being tested in Cleveland. It’s a demonstration that the U.S.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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NASA Glenn Research Center , in Cleveland, are investigating whether this approach could one day provide enough power to operate small robotic probes on the surface of Mars, for example. Current fusion reactors also require copious amounts of tritium as one part of their fuel mixture. Gamma rays have turned the clear glass amber.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. Rock Island Metro, Illinois: $600,000.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enable Reliable Non-Destructive Characterization of Additively Manufactured Parts using X-ray CT, $756,689. Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979. Alkaline Water Electrolysis, $100,000. Johnson-Matthey (Cleveland, United Kingdom). Brooklyn, New York).

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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We propose a prototype with special designs for propulsion and thruster configuration to cope with the vast differences in the fluid properties of water and air. Half of them are in the front part and the other half are in the rear part. The word “AngGo” is pronounced like a Korean word meaning “sit down and move.”

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