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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

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Since breaking ground in 2003, Toyota Texas has assembled upwards of 3 million trucks and SUVs since production started in 2006. It seems the names of societies in Texas are as big as the state itself. Other challengers have come and gone but the Tundra and Sequoia have managed to stick around and be relatively successful.

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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

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The autonomous bus will serve Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward community connecting to Metro buses and light rail. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Ontario, California, Phoenix Motorcars develops, deploys, and services all electric drive systems for electric commercial vehicles.

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

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He served as Chief Engineer for Ford’s hybrid technologies during 2003 and was also Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003. Dr. Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram, Professor, University of Texas at Austin. Rita Lane, former Vice President of Operations, Apple Inc.,

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Scientists find night-warming effect over large wind farms in Texas

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To understand the potential impact of wind farms on local weather and climate, Zhou’s team analyzed satellite-derived land surface temperatures from regions around large wind farms in Texas for the period 2003-2011. —co-author Somnath Baidya Roy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Researchers discover new efficient lithium collection method using MOF membranes; Li from produced water

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water.

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Reexamination Certificate for Lithium Iron Phosphate Patent 640 Is Published

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The much-anticipated reexamination certificate for US Patent 6,514,640—one of the lithium iron phosphate battery patents invented by Goodenough and colleagues, assigned to the University of Texas, and licensed exclusively to Hydro-Quebec—has been published.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

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The IEEE Fellow was a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington for more than 40 years. He founded the university’s Energy Systems Research Center in 1968 and served as its director until he retired in 2003. The attendees came from more than 750 universities and companies worldwide.