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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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Cities and regions across Texas are partnering with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Transportation Research (CTR), and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to form the Texas Automated Vehicle (AV) Proving Ground Partnership.

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Alcoa to supply 3D-printed titanium parts for Airbus aircraft

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Alcoa expects to deliver the first additive manufactured parts to Airbus in mid-2016. HIP is a technology that strengthens the metallic structures of traditional and additive manufactured parts made of titanium and nickel based superalloys. Earlier post.)

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Tesla promotes its impressive factory lineup

Teslarati

Giga New York, which was also opened in 2016, plays an important part in Tesla’s operations as well, since it produces the Solar Roof, Superchargers, and power electronics. If one were to consider the fact that Giga Texas and Giga Berlin-Brandenburg are both still being ramped today, Tesla’s 1.8

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EIA: natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables

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The recent increase in natural gas or dual-fuel capable reciprocating internal combustion engine units has been driven in part by advancements in engine technology that increase operational flexibility and by changes in natural gas markets that have generally provided ample supply and relatively stable fuel prices, EIA said.

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Pressing recollects have an effect on greater than 2.5M U.S. cars, Carfax says

Baua Electric

That is the primary generation Carfax has particularly analyzed pressing recollects — a part of their efforts to deal with the 20 to twenty-five % of all recollects that in most cases progress unrepaired, Patrick Olsen, scribbler in leading for Carfax, advised Car Information. Greater than 2.5 million U.S.

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Wireless charging bench testing complete, proving interoperability and validating SAE TIR J2954

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SAE International is working to ensure that electric vehicle wireless power transfer systems from different manufacturers can interoperate seamlessly with each other to prepare for commercialization in 2020. Earlier post.) —Richard “Barney” Carlson, an INL engineer who headed up the wireless charging tests.

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Pinto Energy to build 2,800 bpd small-scale GTL plant in Ashtabula; Velocys microchannel technology

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Velocys is part of the Oxford Catalysts Group plc; Oxford Catalysts is changing its name to Velocys plc on 25 September 2013.) Pinto has chosen Ventech Engineers International LLC (Ventech) as the project’s EPC Contractor. Mechanical completion of the plant is expected in late 2015, with start-up in early 2016.

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