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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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Tesla posts over 37 new jobs for Dojo

Teslarati

Some of the Tesla jobs are in Austin, Texas, and one is in Fort Collins, Colorado. Engineering Technician RTL Engineer Sr. Controls Engineer Mechanical Design Engineer Data Center Technician ML Compiler Engineer Sr. Structural Engineer Sr. High-Speed IO Engineer Sr.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

Green Car Congress

University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). The challenge will span four years and after each year, teams will be evaluated on their vehicle design and process. University of California, Davis (Davis, CA). University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA).

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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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New Lexus GX to offer brand’s first hybrid for body-on-frame vehicle

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Lexus unveiled the all-new GX during a world premiere in Austin, Texas, USA. V6 twin-turbocharged engine delivers impressive output and torque, along with class-leading towing capabilities. Special seats are designed to minimize head toss while driving on rough roads, thereby contributing to reduced passenger fatigue.

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Tesla’s Cybertruck delay may have been caused by design finalization

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Tesla’s production of the all-electric Cybertruck may have been pushed back due to design finalization by company engineers who have been modifying the vehicle’s dimensions and look. It appears that Tesla may have been working on finalizing the design of the Cybertruck, and this instance may have caused the delay.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

Cars That Think

Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.” ALAN BOVIK The University of Texas at Austin "For pioneering high-impact scientific and engineering contributions leading to the perceptually optimized global streaming and sharing of visual media.”

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