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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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In 2017 and 2018 he served as head of EIT’s Industrial Doctoral School , headquartered in Palaiseau, France. Tribute from a close colleague Davide De Palma, co-founder of HR Coffee and a colleague of Saracco’s, submitted this in-depth portrait of his close friend to The Institute. He held this position until his death.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. At Lincoln Lab, in order to solve problems, we had to bring physics and chemistry together with engineering,” he said during an interview in 2016. Nobel Laureate John B.

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Unleashed Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo takes track record at Spa-Francorchamps

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This was an absolute fantastic lap—an outstanding drivers’ performance from Neel and the result of great engineering. —Stephen Mitas, Chief Race Engineer LMP1. On top came developments that were prepared for the 2018 WEC but never raced after the end of 2017 withdrawal. F), track temperature was 13° Celsius (55.4 ?F).

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Lotus unveils $2M electric hypercar Evija (Type 130); 2,000 PS, 1,700 Nm

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It’s a figure set in tribute to the car’s project code, Type 130. The all-electric powertrain was developed with technical partner Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE). WAE won a 2018 Queen’s Award for Enterprise for translating its EV expertise from the race track to road-going vehicles.

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