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POSCO begins construction of S Korea’s first lithium hydroxide plant

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In 2018, POSCO Holdings acquired a package of tenements from Galaxy Resources in the Salar de Hombre Muerto in Argentina in order to secure lithium preemptively. POSCO Group’s lithium brine demo plant in Argentina. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea.

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Continental, Ericsson, Nissan, NTT DOCOMO, OKI and Qualcomm to host C-V2X trials in Japan in 2018 to validate and demo C-V2X

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For the field trials: Continental will utilize the Qualcomm C-V2X Reference Design, which features the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset with integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) capability to build connected car systems and integrate the systems into Nissan vehicles.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile. in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020. “As part of the mission.”

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California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

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The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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MAN to showcase new electric trucks at IAA: eTGM and eTGE

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Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will showcase its advances in the fields of electromobility, digitization and autonomous vehicles at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 in September. At IAA 2018, MAN is presenting further services for optimizing vehicle analysis and maintenance management.

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Will the Unreal Engine 5 Realize the Metaverse’s Potential?

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The race to build the metaverse is on—but first, developers need the tools to do it. Though handled in software, which reduces accuracy, early demos show results that hold up well at a glance. The demo delivers a virtual world as realistic as that in the first Matrix movie yet runs in real-time on modern home consoles and PCs.

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LanzaTech gas fermentation technology at core of €14.6M EU Steelanol project; 25K t/year demo plant

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LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology ( earlier post ) is at the core of the new Horizon2020 Steelanol project (2015-2018), which seeks to produce bioethanol via an innovative gas fermentation process using exhaust gases emitted by the steel industry. million (US$16.3-million)

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