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KIT team develops electrolyte for high energy density magnesium-sulfur batteries

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A team headed by Maximilian Fichtner and Zhirong Zhao-Karger from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany reports developing an electrolyte that may be used for the construction of magnesium-sulfur battery cells. Their paper is published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. —Zhao-Karger et al.

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US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

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Hood, Texas, in January 2014, where three unmanned military trucks negotiated oncoming traffic, followed rules of the road, recognized pedestrians and avoided various obstacles at speeds up to 25 mph (40 km/h) in an urban environment. The AMAS common appliqué kit consists of the bi-wire active safety kit and the autonomy kit.

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EPA and NHTSA seeking comments on new data for Phase 2 Heavy-Duty National Program to reduce GHG

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Data relating to the potential stringency of the proposed standards includes: Powertrain data; additional aerodynamic test data; supplemental test data relating to drive cycles (and frequency thereof) for vocational vehicles; and. Docket IDs are EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0827 (for EPA’s docket) and NHTSA–2014–0132 (for NHTSA’s docket).

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CSX and GE Transportation partner to pilot LNG locomotives; dual-fuel NextFuel retrofit

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CSX Corporation and GE Transportation will explore emissions-cutting and efficiency breakthroughs in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology for locomotives beginning with a pilot program in 2014. Field tests are expected to begin in 2014. —Russell Stokes, CEO, GE Transportation.

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You Just Got Beat by a Civic

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It is the latter which is standard kit on the R, though the ones used in the record are available through Honda dealers. Some of the times may be for minorly different track lengths thanks to variations over the years but still make for a fun comparison.

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Infineon and XAIN to collaborate on bringing blockchain into the car

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This support is based on an embedded hardware security module (HSM) that complies with the highest level of the EVITA security standard. XAIN began as a University of Oxford research project in 2014. All of Infineon’s second-generation AURIX microcontrollers can provide support for blockchain functionality in cars already today.

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Ford and Intel demonstrate in-car personalization with perceptual computing; Project Mobii

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The Mobii research, which was showcased during the Go Further with Ford 2014 Trend Conference as part of the “Big Data” track this week in Dearborn, was a collaboration between Intel ethnographers, anthropologists and engineers alongside Ford research engineers. Intel RealSense.

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