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LG Chem makes equity investment in battery recycler Jae Young Tech; targeting recycling JV in N America in 2023

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million) with the waste battery recycling company, Jae Young Tech. LG Chem will lead the overall business such as establishing the business model, and Jae Young Tech will be in charge of technological issues including plant design, etc. Jae Young Tech was founded in 2016 and specializes in battery recycling.

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Toyota says diesels aren’t dead, might pair with hybrid tech

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General Motors currently offers diesels in its full-size SUVs and pickups, and it’s reportedly working on a new generation of plug-in hybrid tech for its trucks. A 2016 report found that Africa got much dirtier diesel fuel than Europe, compounding the environmental impact of burning it. In the U.S., But most other U.S.-market

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Next pickup for Nissan and Mitsubishi may get PHEV, EV versions

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The next-generation Nissan Frontier midsize pickup truck may get EV and plug-in hybrid variants, the latter using Mitsubishi tech, Automotive News reports. Nissan and Mitsubishi have been corporate allies since 2016, and the current-generation Nissan Rogue and Mitsubishi Outlander crossovers use a common platform.

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2023 Toyota Prius: How design became the priority over tech

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The current fourth-generation Prius arrived in 2016 and its styling and design were not well-received. Since it first went on sale in Japan in 1997, the Prius has epitomized high fuel efficiency and the advanced technology of hybrid-electric powertrains.

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DOE fuel cell technologies report finds largest growth in capacity in 2016 occurred in transportation

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However, transportation and energy storage are showing strength as emerging sectors for hydrogen and fuel cells with approximately 62,000 fuel cells and 500 MW in fuel cell power shipped worldwide in 2016— more than double the capacity of shipments in megawatts compared to 2014. Source: US DOE FCTO, E4 Tech. Click to enlarge.

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Tokyo Tech, Fujitsu achieve 120 Gbps wireless transmission with new CMOS chip

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Tokyo Tech and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. This research group led by Kenichi Okada of Tokyo Tech had achieved wireless transmission at 56 Gbps in 2016, however, an issue was that the band could not be widened any more due to the higher harmonic signals contained in the carrier wave. New CMOS chip.

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Volvo ex-CTO Inexperienced joins Swedish self-driving tech startup

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He joined Volvo’s lead board, the manager control crew, in 2016 as head of R&D. The post Volvo ex-CTO Inexperienced joins Swedish self-driving tech startup appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. His earlier posts incorporated generation officer and head of R&D. In 2019, he was once promoted to generation officer.

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