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Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

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Developing cheap electrocatalysts and electrodes that can sustain seawater splitting without chloride corrosion could address the water scarcity issue. Water splitting with electricity—electrolysis—is a simple and old idea: a power source connects to two electrodes placed in water. to 1 A/cm 2 ) over 1,000 h. 1900556116.

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U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

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based startup began toying with the idea. But then a company hit on the idea to use it as a spacecraft propellant. And then somebody just resurrected the research on it and said, ‘Hey, other than the environmental impact, this was a pretty good idea.’ That’s presumably why Apollo Fusion was keen on using it in their thrusters.

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Robot Gift Guide 2022

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And if these robots aren’t enough for you, many of our picks from years past are still available: check out our guides from 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , and 2012. For a fully featured dynamic legged robot, it’s staggeringly cheap, just keep in mind that shipping is $1,000. Amazon Astro. Unitree.

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

EV Central

Seres is a subsidiary of Chinese auto giant Dongfeng, and the Seres 3 has sold in China as the Fengon E3 since 2019. I’ve no idea what this means, but I’m convinced the Seres 3 provided me with neither. The engine response delay is quite alarming from standstill, and I’ve no idea where that 120kW/300Nm is lurking.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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Link to the 2019 list (from there you can get to older ones). Including complete tables for Israel in 2019-2020 which I calculated and handed over to Jose! in 2019 to 4% in 2020. Welcome to the 7th Annual Top 10 EV Countries list — my own very personal version of March Madness! It *is* literal madness to keep doing it.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” During a House Financial Services Committee hearing in October 2019, Representative Maxine Waters D-Calif.) dollar—and hence to the U.S. These companies had two main concerns.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

This marketing choice by Ford is either a very bad idea (brand dilution) or a genius plan to move the pony car into the modern era. GM, shifting focus to pure EVs, built the last Volt on February 19, 2019. It also toyed with the idea of presenting Prius as a sub-brand at the point it had four different models, but dropped it.

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