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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda is formalizing its goals for achieving carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050, as well as zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda automobiles and motorcycles globally by 2050. Advanced Battery Technology.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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& Location information was more accurate than a few years prior, given increasing civilian and corporate access to military-grade GPS information. When it arrived, the Oldsmobile Eighty Eight became the first production car available in the United States with a GPS navigation system. It was available on all three models for 1996.

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Li-ion startup Cadenza Innovation raises $5+M in oversubscribed Series A; ex Boston Power team

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Low Cost: highly simplified design using readily available components in global mass production to approach a price-neutral paradigm when compared to fossil fuels. Working closely with Dr. Lampe-Onnerud, Cadenza Innovation’s corporate and technical leadership team previously established Boston-Power, which today is based in China.

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Toyota inviting royalty-free use of ~5,680 hydrogen fuel cell patents

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Patents related to fuel cell vehicles will be available for royalty-free licenses until the end of 2020. By eliminating traditional corporate boundaries, we can speed the development of new technologies and move into the future of mobility more quickly, effectively and economically.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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The Institute will focus on solving the cross-cutting manufacturing challenges that stand in the way of producing new synthetic tissues and organs—such as improving the availability, reproducibility, accessibility, and standardization of manufacturing materials, technologies, and processes to create tissue and organ products.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

Feature: The Genesis Experience Son-Nim – “Honored Guest” Corporations are well-known for saying how much they care about and value their customers. This service had previously been provided at no-cost for the first three years of ownership and then available on a subscription basis. Currently all GV60 models are all-wheel drive.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market

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The report recognizes California, Connecticut, and New York for leading the country with continued and expanded support for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. At the same time, fuel cell durability has quadrupled and the amount of expensive platinum needed in fuel cells has decreased by 80 percent in the last decade. Earlier post.).

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