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NVIDIA, Rolls-Royce and Classiq design and simulate largest quantum computing circuit for CFD; improving jet engine efficiency

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Rolls-Royce plans to use the new circuit on its journey to quantum advantage in CFD for modeling the performance of jet engine designs in simulations that use both classical and quantum computing methods.

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Tour Engine receives $2M investment to further development of latest generation of split-cycle engine

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Tour Engine , the developer of a novel split-cycle engine ( earlier post ), has secured a $2-million investment from Joan and Irwin Jacobs to further the development of the latest generation of the engine, which features a new patent-pending crossover mechanism. Source: Tour Engine. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Israel plans to end internal combustion car sales by 2030

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Add Israel to the list of countries planning to ban sales of cars that run on gasoline and diesel fuel. The Jewish state, however, has put internal combustion engines on a shorter leash than most other countries that have announced such plans.

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City Transformer and Segula Technologies announce engineering collaboration

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City Transformer, EV tech disruptor from Israel, has selected SEGULA Technologies as its engineering development partner. With its […] The post City Transformer and Segula Technologies announce engineering collaboration appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Weizmann Institute team engineers E. coli to eat carbon dioxide

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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have created a strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli that grows by consuming carbon dioxide instead of sugars or other organic molecules. coli bacterium (left) to producing all of its biomass from CO 2 (autotrophic), using metabolic engineering combined with lab evolution.

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Urban Aeronautics to provide 4 CitiHawk VTOL aircraft to Hatzolah Air for EMS application

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Israel-based Urban Aeronautics Ltd. CityHawk is a lightweight twin-engine VTOL (vertical take-off and landing aircraft), with a uniquely compact footprint that can be optimized for urban transportation or emergency response. Fancraft currently uses SAFRAN Arriel 2N helicopter engines —two x 985 SHP in the CityHawk.

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Tesla tax credits, BMW charger recall, and Israel to ban internal-combustion engines: Today's Car News

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Israel plans to stop the sale of cars with internal-combustion engines by 2030. Tesla tells buyers the final date to order a car before federal tax credits expire. BMW recalls charge cords for its electric cars. And we round up the best deals on green cars this month. All of this and more on Green Car Reports.