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Argonne’s HyMag technology boosts usable magnetic flux density of permanent magnets by 10-30%

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Conventional permanent magnets composed of niobium, iron and boron became industrially widespread in the 1990s, yet they have resisted significant efforts to improve their performance, said Zhang, an Argonne materials scientist. But the motors in electric and hybrid cars contain approximately a tenth of a kilogram of dysprosium per motor.

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UK’s IMI warns of upcoming shortage in qualified service personnel for EVs

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The UK’s Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), which is created to establish new skills and benchmarks for the automotive sector, has issued a warning about the electric vehicle industry. While EVs are becoming more prevalent, the number of technicians who are trained to work on electric cars safely is dropping.

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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

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If your car is truly beyond repair, buying a hybrid or electric vehicle is likely the best option. This practice isn’t the norm throughout the industry, says only1, but it is gaining in popularity. See more at E Magazine. Then, if you’re truly eco-motivated, you can choose to recycle your old car’s parts yourself.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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The degree, designed in collaboration with industry professionals, is a hybrid of sorts, focusing as much on user needs as on the development of new technologies. Wired Magazine refers to this layered reality as the "Mirrorworld." One recent example is the. Master of Science in Assistive Technology Engineering at.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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The four candidates share their plans for increasing student membership; expanding science, technology, engineering, and math education programs; and attracting more members from industry. This IEEE Life Fellow has more than 40 years of experience in the data storage industry and has been a consultant for 20 years. The annual.

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Punching above its weight

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He has been working with electric vehicles (EVs) since 1986, when he was involved with electric and hybrid development in the bus industry. A guy with pictures of his car in hot rod magazines understands.” In the early 1990’s, “I began advising students who were developing EVs and HEVs for contests and races,” Erb explained.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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Construction has already started on Tesla’s battery factory, where the assembly lines are expected to churn out enough lithium-ion batteries for 500,000 electric cars, according to Fortune magazine , and it should be operating at full capacity by 2020. And the Tesla gigafactory is just the tip of this overall iceberg.

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