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LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

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LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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The Growing List of EVmatch Partners

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NeoCharge offers affordable Level 2 (220/240V) dual-port splitters to make home EV charger installations more affordable. is your one-stop-shop for Tesla Accessories like headlight tint, carbon fiber, decals, and more. Drive Clean Bay Area launched in 2018. Association for Energy Affordability. Tesla Loco.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. The Ability Hand contains six motors housed in a carbon fiber casing. Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S.

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Rocket Lab aces first Electron rocket launch from US soil

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Electron is the only rocket in the world to successfully reach orbit with structures built almost entirely out of carbon fiber composites. The company announced plans to build a US launch site in October 2018. Rocket Lab’s workhorse rocket is relatively unique. Electron measures 18 meters (59 ft) tall, 1.2

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Faurecia wins JEC World 2016 Innovation Award for “one-shot” composite manufacturing process; mass production slated for 2018

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Faurecia has earmarked composites as a key enabler for vehicle lightweighting and is concentrating its R&D efforts in two directions: developing affordable carbon fiber and reaching automotive industry cycle times of one part per minute. Mass-production on an industrial scale is scheduled for the first half of 2018.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to present first Starship update since 2019 [webcast]

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At that point, the rocket – known as the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) – was to be 12 meters (39 ft) in diameter, 122 meters (400 ft) tall, and made almost entirely out of carbon-fiber composites. The principles of the rocket, its general shape and layout, and the Raptor engine powering it remained the same.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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This data has come in large part from ICESat , launched in 2003, and its successor, ICESat-2 , launched in 2018. Eliza Dawson In 2018, IceSat-2 launched, heralding the end of Operation IceBridge. As Peregrine climbs into the air over the Slakbreen glacier, the system’s red antennas are clearly visible under the wings.