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Schaeffler invests $60 million in Wooster, Ohio facility expansion; US center for advanced E-Mobility development

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Schaeffler Group USA has invested $60 million to expand its facility in Wooster, Ohio, establishing it as a US center for advanced E-Mobility development. Throughout the company’s 40-year history in Ohio, Schaeffler has expanded the Wooster campus 20 times, growing from 27,000 square feet to over 800,000 square feet.

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2019 Honda Insight production model to make global debut at New York International Auto Show; series hybrid with 55 mpg city

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The all-new, production version of the 2019 Insight ( earlier post ) will make its global production debut at the 2018 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). The hybrid battery unit will be assembled at the company’s Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio, with the 1.5-liter

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Honda brings FCV Concept to N. America, promises new EV and PHEV models by 2018

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Honda also used the venue to announce that it will offer several next-generation, advanced powertrain vehicles, including a new battery-electric model and plug-in hybrid model by 2018. Honda also announced plans to introduce new VTEC Turbo engines to be built in Ohio and debut later in 2015. Honda FCV Concept. Earlier post.)

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Greyrock, NREL study determines reduction in GHG and criteria pollutant emissions from using synthetic fuels produced from flare gas

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A Greyrock Flare Gas-to-Fuels conversion process at an Ohio oil well was used as the base case for this LCA. There is a global potential to produce up to 71.1 million metric tons/year globally for carbon monoxide, particulates, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons, respectively. billion liters (18.8 0.37, 42.4, Tan, E.C.D.,

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GM building new center for next-generation battery cell technology

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The Wallace Center will be located on the campus of GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. The facility will connect GM’s network of battery development sites located on its Global Technical Center campus. Despite fighting terminal cancer, Wallace continued to lead and inspire his team, working until his death in 2018.

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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

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The project includes participation from eight additional institutions: the Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing Research and Technology, General Electric Global Research, The Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arkansas, the University of Dayton Research Institute, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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America Makes and ANSI publish Standardization Roadmap For Additive Manufacturing v3.0

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The impetus to develop an update to the roadmap—last published in June 2018—began following a 2022 survey on the use of the roadmap. Looking ahead, the AMSC will continue to track progress by the SDOs to address the roadmap’s gaps and recommendations.

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