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GMC showcases off-road testing and calibration of HUMMER EV Pickup

Green Car Congress

GMC is showcasing some of the HUMMER EV Pickup’s off-road testing on challenging trails near Moab, Utah in the lead-up to its production debut this fall. As pioneered by General Motors for other electric vehicles, One-Pedal Driving enables the driver to accelerate and decelerate using only the accelerator pedal.

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GM leaps ahead in lithium mining race, secures next-gen extraction deal

Teslarati

General Motors (GM) has secured a next-generation lithium extraction deal with Puerto Rico-based startup, EnergyX. These facilities will be built in Argentina, Chile, California, Arkansas, and Utah, respectively.

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The Real Story of Pixar

Cars That Think

Pixar's story doesn't even start with the creation of Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Group, which developed the Pixar Image Computer, the company's first product. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. Of the 10 we talked to seriously, 8 turned us down.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Unless the United States boosts its own production, the country’s manufacturers will find themselves reliant on China and others for supply as the end of the decade approaches, analysts warn. Reinjection is a key step to preserve underground water table levels. While the 1972 U.S.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The selected projects range from improving manufacturing processes that reduce the energy needed to make components for aircraft and vehicles, to lowering the production costs of carbon fiber for a wide range of clean energy products. process could reduce production costs by 20% and total carbon dioxide emissions by 50%.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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substantial increase in production of fuel per acre of planted. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. Synthetic Crop for Direct Biofuel Production through Rerouting the Photosynthesis Intermediates and Engineering. biomass production. transferred into highly productive energy crops such as.

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