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GM progressing on next-generation Ultium Li-metal battery; new joint development agreement with SES

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At a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s next-generation Ultium lithium metal battery and announced a joint development agreement with lithium metal battery innovator SES (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems) ( earlier post ).

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Tesla introduces financing product for Model S customers; lease-sale hybrid

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Tesla Motors, in partnership with Wells Fargo and US Bank, has created an automotive financing product that combines elements of ownership and leasing for Model S customers. New Jersey, Washington and DC also have no sales tax for electric vehicles. driving distances, etc.). These advantages are not available when leasing.

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PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

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—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. The milestone was first described at a virtual conference organized by NextGenRoadFuels, a European consortium funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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Sumitomo Electric launches high quality SiC epitaxial wafer

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Sumitomo Electric showcased this product at International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM) 2017 held in Washington DC, 17-22 September 2017. EpiEra™ has achieved an industry-leading 99% defect-free area (DFA), eliminating surface defects and Basal Plane Dislocations (BPD).

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Wood to jet fuel alliance to hold first annual meeting

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13-14 September, at the Hilton Garden Inn Missoula Conference Center. Researchers, educators, economists and business leaders will gather to discuss progress made and future challenges to develop a residual woody biomass to jet fuel and valuable co-products industry in the Pacific Northwest.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. LanzaTech’s proposed gas-to-liquids platform. Source: LanzaTech. Click to enlarge.

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Lamborghini inaugurates new Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory carbon fiber research center in Seattle

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One of the more critical recent developments for Lamborghini in carbon fiber is the Forged Composite technology, developed in collaboration with Callaway Golf and the University of Washington. The suspension control arms were supplied by the University of Washington to Automobili Lamborghini as finished and certified parts.