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Green Deals: Milwaukee M18 FUEL brushless trimmer + edger combo hits $303, more

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Home Depot is offering the Milwaukee M18 FUEL Brushless String Trimmer Kit with Edger Attachment for $303 shipped. For comparison, it normally goes for $398 and today’s deal marks one of the best prices that we’ve tracked. Milwaukee’s M18 FUEL system delivers gas-like performance without any of the drawbacks.

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NC State team develops new Si/C inverter; 12.1 kW/L & greater efficiency in a smaller, lighter package

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The new SiC-based inverter has a power density of 12.1 By way of comparison, a 2010 electric vehicle could achieve only 4.1 The design of the new power component is also more effective at dissipating heat than previous versions. kW/L—close to the US Department of Energy’s target of 13.4 kW/L by 2020. —Iqbal Husain.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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For the study, the UW-Milwaukee team selected the metal-assisted chemical etching method for the SiNW synthesis due to its simplicity, low cost, and scalable advantages. A single battery pack is assumed to power the vehicle during its whole life. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge.

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