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Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails

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EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails.

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Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails

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EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails.

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DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

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RTI International. SRI International. Engineering-Scale Demonstration of Mixed-Salt Process for CO 2 Capture SRI International will demonstrate its Mixed-Salt Process at engineering scale, using the existing infrastructure at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway. University of North Dakota.

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BYD posts tribute to commemorate Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger

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Munger was born in Omaha, Nebraska on January 1, 1924. That was the first time the company has been recognized by a top-tier international investment institution, injecting strong confidence and motivation for us to remain committed to the NEV industry. Munger passed away on November 28, 2023. He was 99 years old.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pending application proposes a new route through Nebraska. —Draft SEIS.

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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Funding for the NNCI program is provided by all NSF directorates and the Office of International Science and Engineering. Nebraska Nanoscale Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, PI: David Sellmyer. Through a fiscal year 2016 competition, one of the newly awarded sites will be chosen to coordinate the facilities.

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US State Department to issue Final EIS on Keystone XL pipeline in August; additional meetings in affected states

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During September, the State Department will also host public meetings in the capitals of each of the six states through which the proposed pipeline would pass—Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas—with an additional meeting in the Sand Hills region in Nebraska and along the Gulf Coast near Port Arthur, Texas.

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