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In Memoriam: Marcello Gandini, an Automotive Design Master

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The world lost one of its preeminent car designers today, as Marcello Gandini has passed away at the age of 85. Though perhaps best known for the flashy and outrageous Lamborghini Countach, Gandini’s pen was applied to many other Italian, German, French, British, Japanese, and Swedish concepts and production designs.

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Airstream rethinks the travel trailer for EVs and urban garages

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Airstream has revealed a concept travel trailer designed with Studio F.A. Porsche Concept Trailer, due to be shown next week at South by Southwest in Austin in scale form, is the result of a. Porsche and looking ahead to a time when many more travel trailers will be towed behind EVs.

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Novel Li-metal electrode design could lead to more powerful solid-state batteries

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Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. We designed this structure that gives us three-dimensional electrodes, like a honeycomb. —Ju Li.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk acknowledges ambitious Cybertruck camper concept

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It was then no surprise when the CEO also acknowledged the efforts of the team behind the Cyberlandr, a transforming, compact camper specifically designed for the Cybertruck. The Tesla Owners’ group shared a concept of the transforming Cyberlandr camper , which Elon Musk described as “Cool.”

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DOE awarding $46M to 8 companies to support commercial fusion energy development

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $46 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002809 ) to eight companies advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants. SPARC will demonstrate net energy (Q>1) and pave the way for power plant design readiness. Austin, TX). Focused Energy Inc. Tokamak Energy Inc.

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Daimler Extending car2go Car-Sharing Program to Austin, Texas; Ramping Up in Germany

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Two smart2go units in Austin. Daimler will bring its car2go mobility concept ( earlier post ) to the US in a pilot phase to start this fall in Austin, Texas with an initial fleet of about 200 smart fortwo mhd vehicles with start/stop functionality. Click to enlarge.

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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The 10 winning teams for Stage 1 submitted breakthrough concepts for more conductive and affordable materials for both electrical and thermal (heat-based) energy applications. Each winning team has earned a $25,000 cash prize and a stipend for third-party conductivity testing in Stage 2.