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Volkswagen debuts three-row ID. Buzz

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Buzz has a rear-mounted powerplant as standard. The rear motor produces 282 horsepower, in comparison to the two-row European-spec model, which debuted with 201 hp. The Buzz also features standard power-folding and heated side mirrors, plus a standard power tailgate with Easy Open and Close.

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Proton OnSite awarded contract for~$1.8M, lead role in DOE Advanced Water Splitting Benchmarking Project

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million to participate in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Water Splitting Benchmarking Project. Proton is directly responsible for the AEM and PEM pathway and will develop a series of Best Practice documents and databases for advanced water splitting research, and roadmaps for further development of each pathway.

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Mercedes-Benz Actros wins more than 90% of 1000 fuel-consumption comparison tests in Europe in the Fuel Duel

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The “Fuel Duel” fuel-consumption comparison test of Mercedes-Benz Trucks takes place in 22 countries in Europe, with 90 Actros trucks are on the road—predominantly tractor units of models 1842 LS and 1845 LS with Euro VI emission control technology. The fuel consumption advantage over competitors is about 10.5% on average.

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Year-long testing of Leclanché 60 Ah G/NMC cells shows high energy density, high cycle life

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The standard 60 Ah production G/NMC cells are high energy density and high power cells allowing good lifetime with higher C-rates symmetrical cycling: fast charge/ discharge within 30 minutes. Cell assembly starts with the electrode manufacturing exclusively using a water-based binder (WBB) process in an eco-friendly environment.

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SwRI CAT-DEF reduces heavy-duty diesel emissions to meet CARB 2027 NOx requirements

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The internally funded advancement successfully reduced heavy-duty diesel engine nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions to meet the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2027 standards. Both formulations met the CARB 2027 PM standards, but only the modified UWS met the CARB 2027 low NOX 0.02 g/hp-hr standard. DEF—a 32.5

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Daimler releases ‘open source’ hydrogen fueling standard for heavy trucks

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In comparison to regular liquid or gaseous hydrogen refueling concepts, sLH2 is considerably simpler while delivering increased performance. Daimler and Linde have standardized the sLH2 tech in an open ISO process that’s available to all interested parties. At the same time, refueling capacity is increased to new levels.

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JCAP researchers propose protocol for standardized evaluation of OER catalysts for solar-fuel systems

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Electro-catalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen is a key element of solar-fuels devices; identifying efficient catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critical to their realization. Credit: ACS, McCrory et al. Click to enlarge. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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