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UCLA engineers develop new metabolic pathway for more efficient conversion of glucose into biofuels; possible 50% increase in biorefinery yield

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NOG enables complete carbon conservation in sugar catabolism to acetyl-CoA, and can be used in conjunction with CO 2 fixation and other one-carbon (C1) assimilation pathways to achieve a 100% carbon yield to desirable fuels and chemicals. NOG can be a nice platform with different sugars for a 100 percent conversion to acetyl-CoA.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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A GM analysis of vehicle data collected from first generation found that Volt vehicles were driven more than half a billion miles in North America from October 2013 through September 2014, and that 74% of the miles were all-electric. (A Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. Click to enlarge.

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