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NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print, test rocket combustion chamber

Green Car Congress

The company partnered with NASA experts in combustion and additive manufacturing (3D printing) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; Glenn Research Center in Cleveland; and Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. —NASA senior engineer Paul Gradl, who leads the joint project at Marshall.

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Nuvera breaks ground on automated fuel cell production facility in China

Green Car Congress

In December 2018, Nuvera signed a cooperation agreement with the Fuyang government, located in Zhejiang province, to enable the local manufacture of Nuvera fuel cell stacks. and its subsidiaries, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, employ approximately 7,800 people worldwide. Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.,

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Winnebago, Motiv unveil all-electric healthcare vehicles

Green Car Congress

Winnebago is displaying the vehicle in San Francisco, at both CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Workshop on September 11 th and the Global Climate Action Summit 12-14 September 2018. Motiv Power Systems all-electric/zero-emissions EPIC chassis, removing the need to idle an engine.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

Cars That Think

And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. The deuterated erbium (chemical symbol ErD 3 ) is placed into thumb-size vials, as shown in this set of samples from a 20 June 2018 experiment. We and other scientists and engineers at.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. Car enthusiasts may lament the lack of engine noise, but for most the quietness provides a more relaxing experience. That prediction came true in 2018, when the Volkswagen IDR4 shattered the previous overall time.

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