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Commercial Space Stations Approach Launch Phase

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Blue Origin is one of a number of private sector actors aiming to harbor commercial activities in low Earth orbit (LEO) as the creaking and leaking International Space Station (ISS) approaches its drawdown. Such endeavors may also end up slowed and controlled by regulation so far absent from many new, commercial areas of space.

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Researchers develop optimal silicon disulfide production technology for solid-state batteries

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Researchers from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) and Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), have developed a low-cost production technology for silicon disulfide (SiS 2 ) for solid-state electrolytes (argyrodite-type) that has potential to accelerate the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs).

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All Terrain Tires for Commercial Vehicles: What You Need to Know

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You might be asking what kind of tires are ideal for your requirements if you own or operate a commercial vehicle. What advantages and disadvantages come with putting all-terrain tires as commercial truck tires ? These and other inquiries will be addressed in this article so that you may make an informed choice.

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What I’d Do With An Electric Delivery Or Work Van

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In several previous articles, I’ve covered the slow emergence of electric vans. If you’re laser-focused on the environment, electric vans are exciting because they’ll allow many commercial vehicles to go electric.

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MIT study attributes > 50% of Li-ion rapid cost decline to investment in materials & chemistry R&D

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pilot-scale manufacturing), while learning-by-doing includes improvements that result from repeated manufacturing activity at commercial scale. The researchers looked at academic articles, industry and government reports, press releases, specification sheets and legal filings, says MIT postdoc Micah Ziegler. Ziegler et al.

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Eicher Trucks and Buses delivers 6 e-buses to Indian Army – ET Auto

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These deliveries support the Indian Army’s transformative initiative to deploy environment friendly and sustainable transportation for staff and troop movement. New Delhi : Eicher Trucks and Buses, a division of VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) Limited, has delivered six Eicher Skyline PRO E 9M Staff AC Electric Buses to the Indian Army.

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The Greening of Transportation

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During his reporting for that series, Charette ran across a startup called Influit Energy that is trying to commercialize a new type of flow battery. Almost all of the world’s commercial fleets still run on diesel fuel. Next-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) could be a game changer for commercial cargo ships.