Cars That Think
APRIL 19, 2022
A recent United Nations provision has banned the use of mercury in spacecraft propellant. Although no private company has actually used mercury propellant in a launched spacecraft, the possibility was alarming enough—and the dangers extreme enough—that the ban was enacted just a few years after one U.S.-based Mercury is a neurotoxin.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 12, 2024
He began his career at Stile Bertone – a design firm – following on to work on some critical projects like Lincoln Mercury at Ford and Kia Motors, before joining Land Rover as Creative Studio Chief in 2011. His journey at JLR which started with Evoque in 2011, was followed by Velar and Defender back-to-back in 2017 and 2018.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Like most ores and soils, bauxite can contain trace quantities of metals such as arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel and naturally-occurring radioactive materials, such as thorium and uranium. Most of these trace elements remain with the residue after extraction of the alumina.
Teslarati
JANUARY 6, 2022
Rumors about heaters in the Model 3’s rear seats were abounding for a while, at least until March 2018, when the rear seat heaters were activated through an over-the-air software update. . Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. Just send a message to tips@teslarati.com to give us a heads up.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2017
The generation of electronic and electrical waste is forecasted to increase by 19% between 2014 and 2018, to 50 million metric tonnes by 2018. Chemicals, such as fluoride, lead and mercury pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, and others in manufactured goods, eventually find their way into the food chain.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping. A hundred years ago, centimeter-scale tilt switches used a conductive blob of mercury rolling along a glass tube to close an electric circuit.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 10, 2021
Holt supplied calibration and measurement systems used for NASA 's Apollo, Gemini, and Mercury programs, and the company's devices are still used today. He closed the business in 2018. Holt provided AC and DC voltage and current calibration instruments to all branches of the U.S. It also was a leader in measurement instruments.
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