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Leclanché reduces cobalt in NMCA cells from 20 to 5%; 20% higher energy density; water-based production

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In doing so, Leclanché completely dispenses the use of the highly toxic organic solvents (NMP) that are otherwise common in the production process. Leclanché is the first company to implement the environmentally friendly process in the production of Li-ion cells. These are highly toxic and harmful to the environment.

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Tesla Giga Berlin investigated by State Environment Agency for refrigerant tank

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Tesla’s German production facility, known as Giga Berlin, is reportedly under investigation for the illegal presence of a refrigerant tank on site. The Brandenburg State Environment agency will investigate the claims. The Brandenburg State Environment agency will investigate the claims.

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Will UK’s Share of European Electric Vehicle Production Drop from 50% to 4%?

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Our friends over at Transport & Environment (T&E) are concerned that the UK is taking its electric vehicle production sector for granted and not doing enough to retain its EV production leadership. According to the organization, 50% of the EVs produced in Europe were produced in the UK in 2018.

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Plus completes driverless Level 4 semi truck highway demonstration

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This represents a significant milestone for the autonomous trucking industry and for Plus, which demonstrated the company’s first driverless Level 4 heavy truck operation at the Qingdao port in April 2018. Plus expects to launch pilot operations of a fully driverless truck for use in a dedicated environment in 2022.

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DOE launches new high performance computing initiative to develop materials for severe environments: HPC4Mtls

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new high-performance computing (HPC) initiative to help US industry accelerate the development of new or improved materials for use in severe environments. The HPC4Mtls program is expected to begin soliciting proposals in early calendar year 2018.

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Eni and RenOils to boost collection of used cooking oil for biofuel production

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Eni and RenOils, the Italian national vegetable and animal oils and fats Consortium established in 2016 to ensure the correct management of the collection, transport, storage, processing and reuse of vegetable oils and animal fats, are promoting the recovery of used cooking oils (UCO) for biofuel production.

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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

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The study was published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. In the new study, we have analyzed 20 years of aviation emissions, up until and including 2018. Negative RF (cooling) contributions arise from sulfate aerosol production. For 2018 the net aviation ERF is +100.9 Aviation accounts for 3.5% mW (mW) m ?2

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