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Audi joins Spoke Safety, Qualcomm, Commsignia to help protect bicyclists through connected technology

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Audi is also continuing to refine its C-V2X technologies for production-intent applications, allowing for a connected ecosystem between drivers and the world around them. This comes at a particularly crucial time, as Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in November 2021.

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Battelle team developing new hybrid direct coal-to-liquids process to produce jet fuel; lower costs and GHGs

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Our objectives are to demonstrate a straightforward path to near-term commercial production of jet fuel from coal using biomass-derived coal solvents. He will present more findings in August at the 2016 International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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Because these crops will be optimized to tolerate conditions such as drought and poor soils, they can be grown on marginal lands unsuitable for food crops, thereby avoiding competition with food production. Eric Beers, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg. An Integrated Approach to Improving Plant Biomass Production.

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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. million goes to four projects intended to boost the productivity of sustainable algae, while cutting capital and operating costs of commercial-scale production. Nearly $16.5 The projects include: Hawaii Bioenergy ($5 million DOE investment).

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AI Is Being Built on Dated, Flawed Motion-Capture Data

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These flaws mean that AI-based applications may not be as safe for people who don’t fit a preconceived “typical” body type, according to new work recently published as a preprint and set to be presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in May. “We

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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Demonstrations are taking place this week at the 2012 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio. If the renewable energy service goes into production, customers interested in using it would simply need to sign up. This solution connects utilities to companies that have intelligent energy management products.

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Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

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The next-generation design predicts a 300% increase in fuel economy over the production 4-cylinder vehicle. Six of the EcoCAR teams designed Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles which utilize a large lithium ion battery: Texas Tech, West Virginia University, Michigan Tech, Howard University, Georgia Tech, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

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