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Visteon opens high-tech testing lab in Bulgaria | Autocar Professional

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Earlier this month, Visteon officially opened its first high-tech automotive technology testing laboratory in Bulgaria, adding to the company’s existing global footprint of high-tech lab facilities in Mexico and India. The lab uses state-of-the-art equipment specifically sourced from Germany, Austria, the USA, and Asia.

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Researchers find bio-inspired high-tech surfaces on hulls could greatly reduce drag and CO2 emissions of ships; up to 1% of global CO2

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If ship hulls were coated with special bo-inspired high-tech air trapping materials, up to 1% of global CO 2 emissions could be avoided according to a new study by researchers from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. Novel high-tech coatings may offer a solution. Augustin and Rostock. Busch et al.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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MATERIA USA LLC (Inwood, NY). Tetra Tech, Inc. Tetra Tech, Inc. Winner Water Services Inc. BioCarbon Technologies LLC (Missoula, MT). Concurrent Technologies Corporation (Johnstown, PA). Energy Fuels Resources (Lakewood, CO). MP Mine Operations LLC (Mountain Pass, CA). Pittsburgh, PA) Project 1. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 2.

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How Three-Season Tires Perform in Diverse Weather Conditions

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Generally, tread patterns on three-season tires are smooth and straight, traits which are ideal for repelling water whilst driving in the rain and gripping the road when temperatures have us all sweatin’ to the oldies. RoadX backs the RXMotion MX440 with a 60,000-mile/60-month tread life warranty (100,000km/60-month in Canada.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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ArcelorMittal USA plans to design an industrial-scale solution for carbon capture from blast furnace-based steelmaking operations at its plant in Burns Harbor, IN. Chevron USA. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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The machines are already generating electricity at scores of installations, and the company’s backers include some of the biggest names in tech investing, including Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla. Welcome to Fusion City, USA At Helion Energy, workers build a section of the company’s Polaris fusion reactor. The fuel is enriched to about 4.8

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GODI India gets LFP BIS Certification for indigenous Li-ion cells – ET Auto

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GODI aims to establish extensive indigenous manufacturing facilities for GIGA scale production of NMC & LFP cells, catering to the electric vehicle (EV), energy storage system (ESS), and defense sectors in India, Europe, and USA. We are already in discussion with several domestic and international OEMs.

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