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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology.

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Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot

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In general, with technology that’s available today, you can hit somewhere around 50%-60% on most human specs, like degrees of freedom, peak speeds and torques, things like that. Unit Cost: We’re aiming to reduce individual humanoid unit costs through high-rate volume manufacturing, working towards a sustainable economy of scale.

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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. However, they must accommodate high ripple currents, in a high temperature environment. saline water). Office of Nuclear Energy.

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President Obama launches $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; Ford involved as an initial partner

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The United States lags behind competitor nations in providing the business environment and skilled workforce needed for advanced manufacturing. The loss of these activities will undermine our capacity to invent, innovate, and compete in global markets. A strong advanced manufacturing sector is essential to national security.

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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Electric Cars

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Cut the Cost: The cost of fuel seems to have touched an all time high in recent times. Its engine does not emit any harmful byproducts like smoke or other emissions that pollute the environment as it runs on clean energy. Advantages of Driving an Electric Car. Pretty futuristic, huh!

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

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The 6-GHz band, the lowest-frequency microwave band available today, is the only one capable of 100-kilometer hops, making it indispensable. The auction winners were also expected to pay the satellite providers around $13 billion to compensate them for the costs of moving to other frequencies. microwave antennas.

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NVIDIA deep learning software platform gets trio of big updates

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release candidate is available today as a free download for members of the NVIDIA developer program. The GPU Inference Engine (GIE) is a high-performance deep learning inference solution for production environments. They determine both the quality of the user experience and the cost of deploying the application.