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Lucid’s longest-range Air Grand Touring gets faster charging, 516 miles range at a lower price

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The proprietary motor design, battery cell chemistry, and thermal features have been enhanced to reduce wasted energy as heat even during “sustained spirited” driving. Lucid expects to build 9,000 electric cars this year, with 2,391 made in the first three months of the year. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Cummins Westport receives 2018 emissions certifications for L9N and B6.7N low NOx natural gas engines

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Both engines meet California ARB optional Low NO x standards, as well as 2017 EPA greenhouse gas emission (GHG) requirements, making them some of the cleanest engines available today for truck and bus customers. Available with ratings from 200 – 240 hp and 560 lb-ft (759 N·m) peak torque, the B6.7N Cummins Westport Inc.

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IBM Research Initiative Developing Adaptive Systems to Provide Personalized Travel Routes to Avoid Gridlock

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IBM has launched a new research initiative to build personalized travel routes for commuters to avoid traffic gridlock. According to the Texas Transportation Institute, as cited by IBM, US traffic congestion burns enough fuel every year to fill 58 supertankers and wastes enough time to consume 105 million weeks of vacation.

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IBM releases fifth annual Next Five in Five list of near-term significant innovations; personalized routing for commuting/transportation makes the cut

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It can also help urban planners predict what will happen and how to address congestion when a new office building, sports arena or other major facility is built. million in a project that is rethinking the basic building block of electronic devices: the transistor. However, in some devices, batteries might be eliminated completely.

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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Additionally, few of current harvesting and dewatering technologies available today are amenable to scaling for larger production scenarios of 1,000 acre or larger algal farms. Buildings Technologies. saline water).

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. Earlier post.). technology with advanced catalysts.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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The program plans to provide $30 million to support 14 project teams in developing innovative, ultra-high-performance air-cooled heat exchangers, supplemental cooling systems and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently reject waste heat. Colorado State University. University of Maryland. ALPHA AWARDS. Description.

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