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DeMoBat project developing robot-assisted dismantling for EV batteries and motors

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photo: Irina Westermann, KIT). The traction battery in particular represents a central cost factor of electromobility and also causes considerable environmental impacts in production; the most efficient and long-term use of the cells is a crucial element in the sustainability of e-mobility.

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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. The team presents this “crowd oil” concept in Nature Communications. kilograms per hour.

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The Tamiya Wild One Max: Big Toys for Big Boys

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For many, Tamiya kits served as a precursor to full-size vehicle projects that would be attempted in adulthood. But the Tamiya Wild One Max is sort of the same concept in reverse. However, the exterior matches modern versions of the RC kit, as the 80s version had some branding with BFGoodrich and others that had to be changed.

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Opel bringing Ampera with special nav system and Meriva EVs to iZEUS project on intelligent electric driving and recharging

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Opel has presented a specially-equipped Ampera extended range electric vehicle to the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT), marking the beginning of a field trial in the research project iZEUS (intelligent Zero Emission Urban System) in Stuttgart.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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In Bangalore, Ford is working with Zoomcar to test a sharing concept that would allow small groups, such as co-workers, apartment dwellers and families, to share a vehicle among multiple drivers. The City Dash app tells users whether they are legally parked. Share-Car, Bangalore, India. Info Cycle, Palo Alto, California.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet. Cognitive Pilot.

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