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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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USGS estimates 20B barrels of oil in Texas’ Wolfcamp Shale; largest USGS estimate of continuous oil ever in US

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The Wolfcamp shale in the Midland Basin portion of Texas’ Permian Basin province contains an estimated mean of 20 billion barrels of oil, 16 trillion cubic feet of associated natural gas, and 1.6 The Permian Basin province includes a series of basins and other geologic formations in West Texas and southern New Mexico. Gaswirth, S.B.,

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Battery500 Consortium awarded $75M for Phase 2 of research

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Announced in 2016, the Battery500 consortium , led by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), is working to to develop next-generation Li-metal anode cells delivering up to 500 Wh/kg. Earlier post.).

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Ford Recalling Thousands of Cars for Doors That Could Open While Driving

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High temperatures can crack part of the rear door latch, causing the door to open while driving. A total of 45,173 cars are involved in the recall, including 198 2015 Ford Fiestas, 41,061 2016 Fusions, and 3,914 2016 MKZs.

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Tesla promotes its impressive factory lineup

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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. MW of capacity.

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