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GM’s Texas plant to get $500M for upcoming full-size SUVs

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“Today we are announcing plans for a significant investment in Arlington to strengthen our industry-leading full-size SUV business,” Gerald Johnson, GM’s government vp of worldwide production and sustainability, mentioned in a remark. Arlington follows funding bulletins this age in Flint, Mich.,

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GM plans $632M improve in Castle Wayne, Ind., for pace massive pickups

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A year then, the automaker dedicated 280 million Canadian bucks ($209 million) at its Oshawa Meeting plant in Ontario, which makes light- and heavy-duty Silverados.

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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022

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Quasar 2 retains the advanced features and functionality of its predecessor, Quasar, while offering blackout mode, a first-of-its-kind feature that allows EV owners to use their car as an emergency generator in instances of power outages. Quasar 2 seamlessly transitions a home to vehicle energy when the power goes out.

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Toyota Connected’s ‘Cabin Awareness’ concept uses new tech to detect occupants

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Toyota Connected North America (TCNA), an independent software and innovation center of excellence, has introduced its Cabin Awareness concept technology that uses millimeter-wave, high-resolution 4D imaging radar to help detect occupants (including certain pets) in cars and has the potential to detect them if ever they’re left behind.

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Semiconductor Lasers Hit Steel-Slicing Levels

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Brightness is a figure of merit that encompasses a laser’s output power and beam quality and encapsulates how well a beam of light can be focused or how little it diverges. A larger lasing area means there is room for light to oscillate in the direction of emission as well as laterally. Slicing Stainless Steel With a PCSEL youtu.be

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Summer Update

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They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. Afterward several members of Congress went outside for test drives in a plug-in hybrid brought to Washington by Cal-Cars. Keene, N.H.,

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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