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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a rule certifying an amended version of Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear reactor design for use in the United States. Examples of significant design changes include the following: extension of seismic spectra to soil conditions. turbine manufacturer change. Earlier post.)

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Unifrax, a manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, introduced its Battery Advisory Board, which will meet regularly to provide strategic guidance as Unifrax grows its battery portfolio and enters the silicon anode market with its new SiFAB Silicon Fiber Anode Battery Technology. Earlier post.).

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JULY 24, 2014

Under a new agreement, Fontaine Modification will install the back-of-cab and side-saddle CNG fuel storage, management and delivery systems manufactured by Mainstay Fuel Technologies on Class 8 heavy-duty, over-the-road tractors. Mainstay manufactures complete CNG fuel storage and delivery systems for Class 6, 7, and 8 heavy-duty trucks.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

Axon Automotive uses novel manufacturing techniques to make carbon fibre technology, which has been associated with racing cars, affordable for eco cars. By designing light cars and giving them good aerodynamics you can radically lower vehicle emissions. Axon’s Managing Director, Dr Steve Cousins. Axon Automotive Ltd.

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JUNE 18, 2014

The Soul EV also scored an improvement in “Photochemical Oxidant Creation Potential”, limiting the amount of smog created by the vehicle’s manufacturing process and by the vehicle itself throughout its life. Streamlining of the manufacturing process through improvements in use of materials and simplification of parts design.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Founded in 2006, ProLogium is the first battery company to mass-produce solid-state lithium ceramic batteries. ProLogium’s automated pilot production line has provided nearly 8,000 solid-state battery sample cells to global car manufacturers for testing and module development.

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JULY 20, 2016

Made of a special form of compacted graphite iron (CGI), the latest formulation—designated GOE330—reduces the typical bore distortion under maximum piston side thrust by up to 27%, compared to existing iron materials. We also make it possible for them to use thinner liners, resulting in more compact engine designs.

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has produced a total of three-million of the Yamaha Performance Damper , an anti-vibration damper for automobiles since its manufacturing began in 2004, the company said. a subsidiary manufacturing products such as shock absorbers, whose headquarters is in Morimachi, Shūchi, Shizuoka, Japan. New Delhi: Yamaha Motor Co.,

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JULY 28, 2020

The campus has been completely upgraded to further support the successful development, design and testing of products that will be sold in this market. The DCC originally opened in Simi Valley before moving to Santa Monica in 2006. We are equally pleased to bring Design Center California under the same roof as our testing team.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Including today’s announcement and our acquisition of Progress Rail, Caterpillar has invested about $2 billion since 2006 to grow our profitable rail and transit businesses. This acquisition represents the latest step in our strategic plan to aggressively grow our presence in the global rail industry. With 2009 revenues of $1.8

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JUNE 21, 2017

Amionx is a spinout from American Lithium Energy (ALE) which was originally founded in 2006 by Dr. Jiang Fan and Dr. Robert Spotnitz—both widely recognized as foremost experts in battery technology. (Dr. ALE has been designing, manufacturing and supplying batteries to the Department of Defense for more than ten years.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Honda also announced that it has invested nearly $150 million in two US manufacturing plants for production of the industry's first 10-speed automatic transmission (10AT) for front-wheel-drive vehicles. HPPG was established in 2006 and annually produces more than 375,000 transmissions for Honda and Acura automobiles. of America, Inc.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Starting on an auspicious note, India’s first and fast-growing electric motorcycle manufacturer, Tork Motors , delivered the first lot of electric motorcycles in Mumbai before Diwali. Tork Motors is India’s first electric motorcycle manufacturer, registered in the year 2006. About Tork Motors Pvt.

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JANUARY 21, 2016

Specifically designed for passenger cars and light-duty vehicles, these systems are effective turnkey solutions created expressively for electric vehicles. This new powertrain will be designed and manufactured at TM4’s headquarters in Boucherville, Québec. TM4 has collaborated twice with PSA Peugeot Citroën in the past years.

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Manufacturing for all propulsion motors is based in GE’s rotating machines plant in Nancy, France, while the propulsion systems are engineered at the GE merchant marine center of excellence in Belfort, France. GE’s motors and converter are designed and optimized to make the propulsion systems easy to maintain.

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GMZ has been using TG8 modules in developing vehicular thermoelectric generators for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (1 kW TEG) as well as to design and to integrate a light-duty vehicle TEG into a Honda Accord as part of a DOE-funded project. The unit generated an output power well in excess of its 200 watt design goal. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Since the first-generation Kia cee’d started production at Kia’s new Slovakian manufacturing facility in December 2006, more than 1.28 A new naming format—cee’d becomes Ceed—consolidates its reputation as a car for the Community of Europe, with European Design. million units have been built.

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MAY 31, 2014

Further, the NTSB said that because there is no such standardized thermal runaway test, lithium-ion battery designs on airplanes currently in service might not have adequately accounted for the hazards associated with internal short circuiting.

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But 3M got out of the data-storage business about 28 years ago, when it transferred its floppy disk manufacturing to a spin-off called Imation. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S. But, it needed someone to manufacture magnetic tape for it to use. 3M manufactured a signature 5.25-inch

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AI company Hugging Face estimated the carbon footprint of its BLOOM large language model across its entire life cycle, from equipment manufacturing to deployment. The company website of the Netherlands-based Web design and branding firm Tijgerbrood , for instance, emits less than 0.1 What Is Green Software Engineering?

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APRIL 17, 2014

Lux Research forecasts that the market for the 3D printing (additive manufacturing) of end use parts will grow at a 21% CAGR to $7.0 In 2006, expiration of several early FFF (fused filament fabrication) patent families enabled the emergence of low-cost desktop printers from new suppliers and corresponding popular interest in the technology.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Hachigo joined Honda in 1982, and began his career in its automobile research and development operations, principally as an engineer in the area of chassis design. From April 2004 to March 2006, Hachigo was stationed in the US as Senior Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc., from September 2012 to March 2013.

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The agency noted the 20k-estimate was the largest number of projected fatalities since 2006. . Just last week, Tesla China explained how the cars’ designs and the materials used to build them make the company’s vehicles safe.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

Later that year, Trek went public on the Singapore stock exchange, and in four months—from April through July 2000—it manufactured and sold more than 100,000 ThumbDrives under its own label. And this incremental nature of innovation means that controlling the spread, manufacturing, and further development of new ideas is almost impossible.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2015

The objective of this project is to design an in-wheel motor electric drive system with one of the highest power densities in the world, and at the lowest possible cost. Since then, TM4 has designed three generations of wheel motors. In 2006, TM4 developed the electric motors used in the Citroën C-Métisse.

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JULY 17, 2018

A noise assessment concludesd that emerging SSTs are likely to fail current (2018) and perhaps even historical (2006) landing and takeoff noise standards. The ICCT team contacted Boom for information about the design and performance characteristics of its aircraft. Results varied by seating class, configuration, and route.

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MAY 30, 2020

The creative team will also develop an extensive ecosystem around the car, thus designing a new business model for the entire usage phase. Under his leadership, the first Formula 1 engine with a speed range of up to 20,000 rpm was created in 2006. At Ford/Cosworth, he was the youngest chief development engineer in Formula 1.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

A team at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn conducted a detailed study of the effect of ethanol blend level in emissions, using a 2006 model Mercury Grand Marquis flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) operating on E0, E10, E20, E30, E40, E55, and E80 on a chassis dynamometer. Click to enlarge.

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competed on the initial System Design and Development (SDD) Phase of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Electrical Power Management System (EPMS). The AMFB 28 V Battery carried the program successfully through the aircraft’s first flight in December 2006. Saft has been supplying batteries to GE Aviation since 2006.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Ontario is engaging with train manufacturers Alstom and Siemens to produce concept designs that incorporate hydrogen fuel cells into bi-level trains similar to those currently used by GO Transit. Begin developing designs for the refueling and hydrogen production systems. Hydrail system structure. Click to enlarge.

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The new plant also strategically complements BBAC, establishing the plant as Mercedes-Benz’s worldwide only production facility that manufactures front- and rear-wheel-drive passenger cars as well as engines under one roof. The GLA is, after the GLK, the second SUV that is manufactured in China.

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JUNE 15, 2012

After 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2011, this marked the seventh pole position for Audi at Le Mans. Of course, we’re proud to be the first automobile manufacturer to clinch the pole position with a hybrid vehicle at Le Mans and to outperform the two Toyota hybrid cars. But this is just a very small step.

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JULY 14, 2022

This spurred Julie Angus to cofound the startup Open Ocean Robotics to design, build, and operate oceangoing uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) drones. The company designs and builds the drone’s hull, deck, and circuit boards. It plans to start manufacturing another 10 later this year. “We She is the company’s CEO.

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Among the partnership’s key joint ventures is BBAC, which has produced Mercedes-Benz cars since 2006 and engines since 2013. The production line was designed with flexibility in mind, with an annual capacity of 250,000 units for the first phase. Daimler and BAIC’s partnership extends beyond passenger cars. BFDA) since mid-2012.

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JUNE 30, 2014

EDI was co-founded by Professor Andy Frank from UC Davis—a key figure in the development of the PHEV concept and technology—in 2006. The inline form factor allows the drivetrain to integrate into any light-, medium- or heavy-duty vehicle design. EDI is receiving a unanimously approved $900,000 grant.

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JULY 11, 2011

coli to produce the commodity petrochemical styrene—a synthetic chemical derived from petroleum and natural gas products that is used worldwide in the manufacture of products such as rubber, plastic, insulation, fiberglass, pipes, automobile parts, food containers, and carpet backing—from glucose. In 2006, eight.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

The US contract manufacturer AM General will join the production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars, producing the R-Class in South Bend, Indiana, in the future. Within our growth strategy we are expanding our global production network and will additionally use the capacities of a contract manufacturer. To date, more than 2.1

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