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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018. Named “Factory of the Future” in 2020 by the employers’ association Agoria, Brussels achieved this distinction as early as 2018. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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Valeo to offer new low-cost solid-state LiDAR; co-developed with LeddarTech; mass production in 2018

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The new sensor will be ready for mass production in 2018. Leddar works by emitting invisible pulses of light, reading the return echo of these pulses, and digitally converting and processing the signal to assess the presence and position of objects in its field of view. lenses) used to build the sensing device.

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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With prices set to double by 2018, we’ve seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com. Morningstar analyst David Wang predicts prices will double within the next two years.

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Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

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Harbour Air first demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by becoming the first fully carbon-neutral airline in North America in 2007, through the purchase of carbon offsets. In 2018, 75% of worldwide airline flights were 1,000 miles or less in range. —Roei Ganzarski, CEO of magniX.

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Electron sandwich doubles thermoelectric performance

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One way to address this problem is to convert the wasted heat into electricity, known as thermoelectric energy conversion. Thermoelectric materials convert heat into electricity when there is a temperature difference, a phenomenon known as the Seebeck effect. 2018) “Double thermoelectric power factor of a 2D electron system.”

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

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Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Developed by Prof. As soon as the battery is fully charged the process stops again.

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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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giganteus at the Illinois Energy Farm during the 2018 growing season, a near-average year in terms of temperature, rainfall, and soil moisture. But those benefits can be negated if the carbon and nitrogen are disturbed as the land is converted to other uses, as with crop rotation. Moore, C.E., von Haden, A.C., Burnham, M.B.,

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