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Hyundai introduces 2015 Sonata Eco with 1.6L Gamma turbo; 32 mpg combined

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2015 Sonata Eco. Hyundai announced the third powertrain available in the 2015 Sonata: the Sonata Eco. The 2015 Sonata Eco is powered by a variant of the 1.6-liter The 2015 Sonata Eco is powered by a variant of the 1.6-liter liter Theta II engine. liter Theta II engine. liter engine) is rated at 38 mpg (6.2

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Daimler opens Mercedes-Benz engine plant in China; first MB passenger car engine plant outside of Germany

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Mercedes-Benz marked another milestone in its China strategy with the official opening ceremony of its engine plant—the first for passenger-car engines outside of Germany. Being based on a flexible production-line concept, the annual capacity is planned at 250,000 units for the initial phase.

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GE Aviation hits Farnborough at full throttle; $7.5B in R&D investments since 2010; ceramic matrix composites and 3D printing

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GE Aviation will enter the Farnborough Air Show on Monday with a wave of new product and technology introductions while expanding its factory network to deliver on a record $154-billion industrial backlog of product and services. GE Aviation has announced eight new factories in eight years to respond to record engine orders.

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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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The two CEOs cited the joint production of Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder gasoline engines in Decherd (Tennessee, USA) as a good example of how the partners profit from the cooperation. Production machinery is now being installed and the start of production is planned for mid-2014. tons) is supplied to Mitsubishi Fuso.

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DOE BETO awards $10M to 7 advanced biofuels projects

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in collaboration with MicroBio Engineering. Develop a process to produce microalgae directly from CO 2 in air at high productivities, thereby decoupling algal growth from CO 2 sources. The Ohio State University in collaboration with the University of Alabama and Green Biologics.

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ULA set to ship Vulcan rocket to Florida for Moon lander launch

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Unveiled in 2015, ULA has been working on Vulcan Centaur since at least 2014. In the US, those sanctions included bans on the import of most Russian aerospace technologies, including the RD-180 engines that still power ULA’s Atlas V workhorse rocket in 2023. ULA’s rockets and their capabilities.

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Project Titan: Apple’s Electric Car Project

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Back in 2015, there were rumours and suspicions about Apple working on a car project and plans to enter the highly competitive automobile sector. It makes a lot of sense now than back in 2015 because, Now the automobile industry has changed a lot over a short span of time. In those days it was all about who got the bigger engine.