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Rivian hires former Porsche exec Kjell Gruner as gross sales eminent

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The corporate’s accumulation worth is up just about 50 p.c Gruner joined Porsche in 1999 from Boston Consulting Team. A Porsche store informed Automobile Information in July that Gruner is well-suited to a people corporate as a result of his background in advertising and marketing. meeting plant and delivered 12,640.

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BIOX and World Energy JV to acquire & operate 90M USG biodiesel plant in Houston; 3rd-largest biodiesel plant in NA

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BIOX Corporation and World Energy announced a 50/50 joint venture to acquire and operate a 90 million US gallon (USG) (341 million liter) biodiesel production facility in Houston, Texas. Each company has committed US$10 million to the World Energy BIOX Biofuels joint venture. —Alan Rickard, CEO of BIOX.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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Georgia Chalvatzaki. In short, I’d bet that any decent university or corporate robotics lab with a similar budget and an active PR team would be able to pull this off. Surprised Tesla went full Boston Dynamics mode with classical control/planning when it’s been around for a while…. BACK TO TOP ↑ ]. Keerthana Gopalakrishnan.

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DOE selects 7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research projects for further development

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Boston University. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The ultimate goal is the generation of efficient, cost-competitive electricity from domestic coal with near-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollutants. The projects include: ?. Topic Area 1: Electrochemical Performance Enhancement Activity. University of Connecticut.

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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation. MIT researchers will develop a system model using real-world data obtained from existing resources to simulate the transportation network of the greater Boston area. TRANSNET Awards. Lead organization. Description.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Vivint Solar, Lehi, Utah Wind Turbine Drivetrain Reliability Assessment and Remaining Useful Life Prediction, $100,000 WindESCo, Boston, Mass. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Louis , Mo. San Jose, Calif. Vitriflex Inc.,

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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Sierra Nevada Corporation. Previously, our team was unique with our Boston Dynamic legged mobility. Georgia Institute of Technology. We have recently added Boston Dynamics Spot quadrupeds to our fleet and we are quite happy with their performance and the level of integration with our perception and navigation stack.