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Emissions Analytics argues that current Pareto-efficient solution for decarbonization would be hybrids, not BEVs, based on do-no-harm

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Vilfredo Pareto was a nineteenth century Italian economist, who described a system being Pareto efficient when is not possible to change the allocation of goods without harming at least one person. In this context, the concept of Pareto improvement is reminiscent of the no-harm principle in medicine: primum non nocere. ‘Do

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BMW Group Production leveraging virtual reality and augmented reality applications

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Previously, a trainer had to work with one person at a time, while with the new system this number has increased to three. Target/actual comparisons in operations. The tedious comparison between CAD data on the screen and the actual tool will then be a thing of the past.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. —Rodney Keith, manager for the advanced concepts group working on the Brayton cycle technology. Any person who controls an electrical grid is very cautious about what you sync to their grid, because you could disrupt the grid.

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Mitsubishi Electrical machine detects dull ice, alternative highway hazards, in actual future

Baua Electric

If there’s a sheet of ice, you’re getting to have a better degree of reflectivity in comparison to a dust highway, which received’t replicate a lot. Does it require its personal cameras or lidar programs, or can it virtue a automobile’s current sensor suite? This was once simply to evidence the concept that.

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Ford and Schaeffler demonstrate Fiesta-based e-WheelDrive car; follow-up research project in the works

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This technology could in the future support the development of a four-person car that only occupies the space of a two-person car today. Powered by independent electric motors in each of the rear wheels, eWheelDrive technology could lead to improvements in urban mobility and parking by enabling smaller, more agile cars, Ford said.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

Depending on the person, each of us brings different backgrounds and context to this phrase creating confusion and a lack of clarity in the market. For one, clarity and consistency is critical for sharing statistics and making comparisons. But this close split in interpretation of the term “charging station” is exactly what I expected.

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Stretchable Batteries Make Flexible Electronics More So

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Researchers believe the concept will become more valuable in the next decade, as electronic devices migrate closer and closer to human skin. Gatorade, for example, now markets a skin patch called the Gx Sweat Patch , which helps tracks personal hydration.