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AUGUST 13, 2020

In addition to conventional product development processes, FUSO has been conducting a variety of initiatives inside and outside the company to encourage innovative product ideas that address social needs and challenges. Through these events, more than 100 ideas to date have been generated.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

On Monday, PG&E announced it had filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission to build out a network of 25,000 electric car charging stations. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 16, 2022

Starting last year, Toyota has been carrying out repeated verification testing with its business partners throughout the whole phases of producing, transporting, and using at the Super Taikyu Series venue, a place for agile development that embodies the idea of “making ever-better motorsports-bred cars.”

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

The Fund seeks to bring innovative ideas for maritime renewable energy sources to the global forefront and to develop the energy-efficient technologies that hold the promise of future commercial viability. The Orcelle Fund was established in 2007 by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics to provide seed capital for high-risk development projects.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

The founders of Shellios Technolabs hit upon the idea on realizing the challenges faced by bikers during the air quality crisis that Delhi faces in the winter months. For the next version, Shellios will tie up with top tier-2-wheeler OEMs for the commercialization of the anti-pollution helmet.

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MARCH 15, 2021

Nissan was exploring new ways to reuse its Nissan LEAF batteries, and hit upon the idea of using them in AGVs. Last year, they took this idea to a new level by using repurposed battery modules, instead of new ones, to power AGVs. The first-generation LEAF was fitted with a 24-kilowatt-hour battery pack comprising 48 modules.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For the next nine weeks developers will have the opportunity to implement and submit their ideas. Participants have until 30 April to submit their app ideas and the winner will be named at the finals at the beginning of June. Ideas surrounding infotainment, navigation, parking applications or chassis were in the focus.

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APRIL 15, 2022

However, turning these ideas into reality raises complex questions. Companies can use hydrogen to reduce their carbon footprint in many ways—for example, to generate electricity; to deploy fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles; to make steel; and to produce ammonia for fertilizer and products.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Several of these technologies have yet to fully mature but for us it’s been important to actually build a concept vehicle to visibly and technically demonstrate ideas of what is within reach. What we can do is inspire change and that is the idea behind NXT – to think about transport and vehicles in a different and sustainable way.

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MARCH 13, 2020

It’s really a communications platform, and people can use it to share ideas quickly. Once you see an idea in AR, you really believe it. If we had done this with external partners, it wouldn’t have been as flexible or as fast. —Frantisek Zapletal.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

From a conceptual idea presented by Everfuel to improve the functionality of the system, Hexagon Purus has developed a hydrogen distribution system with a nominal payload capacity of 958 kg of compressed hydrogen at 300 bar.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Pipistrel Vertical Solutions, the company’s R&D division, holds an EASA Design Organization Approval and has the capability of bringing a new aircraft design concept from a basic idea into a certified design, ready for production.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The Sustainable City Year Program, part of UO’s Sustainable Cities Initiative now in its tenth year of pairing students with community partners in need of fresh ideas, partnered with LTD over the 2019/2020 academic year.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

During the competition, teams will participate in a nearly 18-month process of pursuing innovative ideas for the development, design, and invention of technologies within the commercial algae value chain, exploring novel solutions to algae production, processing, and new product development.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

CREATE will collect outside-the-box ideas from businesses, laboratories, and universities for a wide range of energy technologies, so we can pursue as many energy solutions as possible. ARPA-E’s mission is to support high-impact, potentially transformative energy solutions, and we like to look at a variety of options to solve a problem.

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APRIL 14, 2022

In the paper, the PsiQuantum team assessed how existing ideas in quantum algorithms can be implemented in, and optimized for, fault tolerant hardware—a critical and difficult step needed to have any idea about how difficult the algorithms will be to run.

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APRIL 22, 2023

HEFT plans 8 work packages (WPs) to implement these concepts, where 5 research partners will be essential for developing innovative ideas around the design-to-x approach, while strong companies (GKN, MAGNETI, VYNCOLIT) will ensure that HEFT results have a clear market orientation and fulfil the industry needs.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

The key idea here is to learn which cameras to use at different locations in the world, based on previous experience at that location.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Ann Bolcavage, a Rolls-Royce Engineering Associate Fellow in Coating Materials, to translate the idea to reality. The team went on to secure a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) program to explore this idea.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

After 24 hours, the ideas were pitched to the judges at the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America in Sunnyvale. The jury rated criteria such as the degree of innovation and business potential of the ideas as well as the use of IoT and cloud technologies and the functionality of the prototype.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This idea was originally proposed by e5 Lab and Asahi Tanker. In addition, reduced noise and vibration will create a more comfortable work environment for the crew members and limit noise pollution in the bay and its surroundings.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

NACFE is being aided in its efforts by funding from Hewlett Foundation, a non-profit, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world; and ClimateWorks Foundation, a non-governmental organization that is committed to climate action.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Drawing on generative design techniques using artificial intelligence, TheArsenale’s engineers were able to test terabytes of data to improve and fine-tune the designers’ ideas, even before starting the first real-world trials. To drive around, AIR4 has no wheels.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff will host a public workshop on 11 February to discuss ideas and strategies to reduce in-use emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating in the State of California.

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APRIL 28, 2023

The round included participation from one of North America’s largest commercial fleets, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, and Pittsburgh regional investors including: Idea Foundry, Inc., ​ Optimus Technologies recently announced a $17.8-million million Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co. out of Tokyo, Japan.

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JULY 21, 2022

At this year’s event, held from 20 - 21 July 2022, hosted by the BMW Group, all 15 finalists of the Quantum Computing for Automotive Challenge have the opportunity to present their ideas and solutions. All 15 finalists provided remarkable submissions to the challenge that deserve to be acknowledged by the larger ecosystem, BMW said.

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MAY 18, 2023

sHYpS is centered around the idea of developing a swappable storage system for liquid hydrogen, based on new 40' c-type ISO containers that can be loaded and unloaded by on-board facilities. The project involving 13 partners in six European countries will accelerate the adoption of hydrogen as a renewable fuel in the maritime industry.

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APRIL 8, 2019

The respondents were also asked how they felt about the ULEZ: 47% of Londoners think it is a good idea and they don’t mind it being brought in. 8% of Londoners think it’s a bad idea. 45% of Londoners can understand the reasons, but feel frustrated by it.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The Wilson Center was chartered by Congress in 1968 as the official memorial to President Woodrow Wilson, and is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community.). MOBI, which closed the largest seed round for a startup in Bolivia at $1.38

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In order to prepare Knorr-Bremse for the upcoming generations of electric vehicles, the eCUBATOR is starting operations as an agile idea factory for future system integration in electric vehicles. Work is already underway on a number of different projects, which will be supplemented with further product ideas over the coming months.

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JUNE 24, 2022

The agency is a flexible and fast state funding instrument with which the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) want to support and accelerate the identification and development of innovative ideas.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

To get to the best ideas, collaboration is critical. Our aim is to build a pipeline of new ideas from different perspectives and underrepresented voices that share our vision of using AI for human amplification and societal good. —Eric Krotkov, TRI Chief Science Officer, who leads the university research program.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

It is essential that we continue to look for new methods and ideas to meet our strong climate goals. SB 301 would additionally benefit automotive workers and small automotive repair and ZEV conversion businesses. ZEV conversions are a rapidly growing market, SEMA said.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This exchange of ideas focused in particular on the importance of e-fuels in the different countries and sectors. In the morning, a political exchange took place at ministerial level. Among others, the Czech Republic, Morocco and Japan were represented.

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

The core idea of H2Global is a double-auction model: Hydrogen or hydrogen derivatives are purchased in non-EU countries at the lowest possible price with 10-year contracts via a competitive process. —Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.

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MAY 28, 2023

Year One of EcoCAR is all about generating big ideas and developing a strategy for the remainder of the competition.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The new family of anode materials, which the researchers dubbed the Interdigitated Eutectic Alloy (IdEA) anode, also saves time and materials by producing an anode using only two simple steps instead of the multiple steps traditionally required to mass-produce lithium-ion battery anodes.

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