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LME copper prices hit 7-year high

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Copper prices since 1 Jan 2000. An unexpectedly strong resurgence in Chinese cathode buying for scrap replacement, improving consumption, restocking and stockpiling purposes. Copper has rallied 68% in the eight months from its March low, making it the most resilient of the LME base metals.

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VW Build

DIY Electric Car

I'd love to use lithium but initial outlay procludes this as we're buying a new home and expecting a new baby in May!! I'm hoping to get her back on the road for under £2000.:D. I intend to use a Open Revolt and battery pack of 120V 100/110 Ah.I I'm chuffed with the car. It cost £750.

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Elon Musk reveals Tesla software-locked cheapest Model Y, offers 40-60 more miles of range

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Over the years, Tesla has periodically offered cheaper vehicles with shorter ranges, and rather than building a new vehicle with a smaller battery pack, the automaker has decided to instead use the same battery packs capable of more range and software-locked the range.

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Frito-Lay buying 100 more Smith Electric Vehicle trucks in 2012; natural gas coming for tractor fleet

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PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division will purchase 100 Newton Series 2000 all-electric commercial vehicles in 2012 from Smith Electric Vehicles, bringing the total number of its electric fleet to more than 280. Over the past two years, 176 Smith Electric Vehicles trucks have been added to the Frito-Lay commercial delivery truck fleet.

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Warehouse Robots to Automate Your Living Room

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What Kachaka has going for it is that it’s building off of robotic technology that’s already very mature—functionally identical systems have been operating in warehouses for years. Buying the robot plus one two-tier shelf will cost you about $2000 in total, plus an $8 per month subscription fee.

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MHI designs new bulk carrier enabling 25% reduction in CO2 emissions; ADM buying three

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MHI researchers first reported work on the use of microbubbles to reduce vessel skin friction in a paper published in the International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow in 2000. of Nagasaki was selected to build the ships. The talks to build the three dry bulk carriers began between ADM and MHI. MALS timeline. Kodama et al.

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Avantium raises 30M to advance YXY technology for green chemicals and fuels; new bio-based polymer PEF

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Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), has raised €30 million (US$43.9 million) to advance its YXY technology, which converts carbohydrates into furanic building blocks for making renewable materials and fuels.

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