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Volkswagen partners with D-Wave on quantum computing; CeBIT premiere of research project for traffic flow optimization

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At CeBIT 2017 in Hanover, Volkswagen and D-Wave will be announcing their strategic cooperation and, as a world premiere, demonstrating a software program that optimizes traffic flow on a quantum computer. Earlier this month, IBM announced an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems.

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Hydro-Québec grants an exploitation license and partners with Nouveau Monde Graphite to develop materials for Li-ion batteries

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The success of this small-scale process will lead NMG to eventually build an anode material fabrication plant with a capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes per year. In connection with these agreements, NMG has closed a non-brokered private placement of 6,666,667 units in the capital of the Corporation, at a price of $0.30 NMG’s financing.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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My leadership experience inside and outside of IEEE and my connections with multiple IEEE organizational units enables me to facilitate linking, partnering, and communicating across boundaries. He served on the IEEE Board of Directors as the 2016–2017 Region 5 director and the 2019 vice president of. Build an IEEE IPR skills framework.

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Human Horizons aims to be more than just an EV startup in China

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We met in the early 2000’s when he was design director at the Pan-Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), the SAIC-GM joint venture design and engineering center in Shanghai. Human Horizons was “officially sanctioned” on December 12, 2017, but “we were working before that, he says. Connections matter. Active-agility concept.

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Mercedes-Benz powering ahead with €3B strategic engine initiative; increasing electrification, 48V; diesel and gasoline; cylinder deactivation

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From its 3982 cc displacement, the new V8 biturbo produces more than 350 kW (476 hp) with a maximum torque of around 700 Nm from 2000 rpm. Connected in tandem with a large exhaust turbocharger, the eZV ensures a balanced engine response in all rpm ranges and eliminates the turbo lag.

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AMD’s Lisa Su Breaks Through the Silicon Ceiling

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She decided to study electrical engineering, she says, because she was drawn to the prospect of building hardware. "I I felt like I was actually building and making things," she says. The then-unproven technique increased transistors' efficiency by building them atop layers of an insulating material.

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New Gen4 smart electric drive; electrification of all smart models

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The market launch will start in the spring of 2017. The company based in Kamenz, Saxony, has been building the electric heart of the smart electric drive since 2012. From the autumn of 2017 a 22 kW fast charger will be available as an option in Europe. The drive is produced in Renault’s plant in Clèon, Northern France.