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Fusion Tech Finds Geothermal Energy Application

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Now, an MIT spin-off says it has found a solution in an innovative technology that could dramatically reduce the costs and timelines of drilling to fantastic depths. In 2008, Woskov began intensively studying whether the approach could be an affordable improvement on mechanical drilling. Quaise Energy , based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

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Scaringe—a bespectacled mechanical engineer with a PhD from MIT—a billionaire by the age of 38. Rivian also plans to offer a more affordable 105-kilowatt-hour pack with a roughly 230-mile range. The world’s first-to-market electric pickup truck, it turns out, isn’t from Ford, General Motors, or a late-to-market Tesla Cybertruck.

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