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Rheinmetall setting up JV with PolyCharge for DC-link capacitors; taking 13% stake

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Owing to its improved efficiency and range, Rheinmetall sees strong market potential and scope for growth for the new power pack solution. To underpin its close cooperation with PolyCharge, Rheinmetall has simultaneously taken up an approximately 13% share in the Tucson, Arizona-based company. All of this happens in one machine.

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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In general, the researchers find that when air pollution is generated in one state, half of that pollution is lofted into the air and carried by winds across state boundaries, to affect the health quality of out-of-state residents and increase their risk of early death. Different kinds of emissions have a different kind of range.

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Better than a Tesla Model X? Australia-bound Lucid Gravity full-size SUV to blend S-Class comfort, supercar acceleration and seven seats

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Providing a tantalising glimpse of the large SUV’s front end, it looks like the Gravity will pick-up where the Lucid Air limo left off and feature smooth wind-cheating looks that incorporates a wraparound front light bar. In the US it’s been tipped the Lucid Gravity will be priced from US$80,000 ($A126,000). .

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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The station, called Fengning and located about 200 kilometers north of Beijing, will store up to 40 gigawatt-hours of energy, and help keep the grid on clean energy when the wind isn’t blowing or the sun’s not shining. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S.

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Maxwell Technologies to double ultracap electrode production capacity by year end

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The new electrode plant will be housed in a 123,000 square-foot facility the company has leased in Peoria, Arizona, near Phoenix. A third contract manufacturer assembles Maxwell’s HC family of small cell products, which range from one to 150 farads, and are used mainly in industrial electronics applications.

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Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

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China is installing wind power at a faster rate than any nation in the world, and manufactures 40% of the world’s solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. It is home to three of the world’s top ten wind turbine manufacturers and five of the top ten silicon based PV manufacturers in the world. Renewable Energy.

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Molycorp to increase supply of rare earth materials to Hitachi Metals; the two call off US joint venture plans

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Rare earth materials and permanent magnets are utilized in a wide range of products, but are critical enablers for many clean energy technologies such as hybrid and electric-drive vehicles, wind turbines, and lighting as well as for consumer electronics, IT and communications systems, and defense systems. Source: Molycorp.

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