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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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Ionic Materials raises $65M in Series C; polymer electrolyte for solid-state batteries

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The investors include companies from the battery manufacturing, consumer electronic and electric vehicle ecosystem which will be working with the company to speed the development of its solid polymer electrolyte battery material. —Bill Joy, personal investor and a founding member of the Ionic Materials Board of Directors. (As

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Tesla’s most-sustainable cryptocurrency options aren’t plentiful but they are ideal

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Tesla’s options for a sustainable cryptocurrency to utilize for investments and transactions for its products are not available in plentiful numbers, but they are ideal to fit the automaker’s needs, environmental requirements, and company image. 0079 KWh per transaction), Dogecoin, a personal favorite of Elon Musk’s (.12

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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

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The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. Things must have gotten a bit hairy. Get started here.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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Davidson, are the subjects of Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation by Rayvon Fouché (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. You can say, ‘Oh, that person did that.’

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Latimer literally wrote the book on electric lighting at Edison’s urging: Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System was published in 1890 by the Van Nostrand Company, a leading publisher of trade, technical, and scientific books in the 19th century. Supreme Court, in the 1857 Dred Scott v.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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Pedott also discovered that the company behind it was a sham, at least according to his oral history with the National Museum of American History. After Pedott acquired the patent, which was assigned to his company, Joseph Enterprises, he hired Carlile Stevens and Dale Reamer to get the device to work. However, there are pitfalls.

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