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VW CEO Diess criticizes hydrogen cars for the climate: ‘Please listen to the science!’

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Diess said (via Google Translate): “The hydrogen car is proven NOT to be the solution. Sham debates are a waste of time. ” Additionally, Falko Ueckerdt, the lead author of the study and a PIK scientist, said: “Such fuels as a universal climate solution are a bit of a false promise. Please listen to the science!”

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The Who, Where, and How of Regulating AI

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Meanwhile, Sundar Pichai , CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, said recently that there will need to be “ global frameworks ” governing the use of AI. Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Brown University The draft rules go even further, requiring that AI companies verify the veracity of all the data used to train their models.

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CoolPlanet BioFuels claims conversion yield of 4K gallons gasoline per acre biomass

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The giant miscanthus was developed at the University of Mississippi and provided from a high yield plot by Repreve Renewables. Agricultural waste from food crops can also produce up to 1,000 gallons of gasoline/acre using this new technology. —Mike Cheiky, Cool Planet’s founder and CEO. Earlier post.).

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. So, where to find a larger, fine-grained vehicle dataset?

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Electric Car Charging: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Ditching Gasoline Forever

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DC Fast Charging does not yet have a universal standard connector. Google Maps. Google recently updated Maps to include charging station location and plug type. Most electric cars and chargers have a standard connector, called the SAE J1772, which can be used with any Level 1 or Level 2 charger. Where To Charge.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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Process intensification breakthroughs can dramatically shrink the footprint of equipment needed on a crowded factory floor or eliminate waste by using the raw input materials more efficiently. of Connecticut; Louisville; Massachusetts; Southern California; Tennessee Knoxville ; University of Texas (Austin; Rio Grande Valley); U.

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Qubit Quest Takes a Topological Turn

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The math that explains why a donut is really the same shape as coffee mug but not a waste bin could be the key to making quantum computers practicable. Meanwhile, the Google Quantum AI team­ and an international consortium of collaborators published a paper in Nature this month—having first uploaded it to the Arxiv server last October.

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