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Shell invests in LanzaJet; AtJ sustainable aviation fuel

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It demonstrates that the industry can move faster and deliver more when we all work together. Provided industry, government and society collaborate on appropriate policy mechanisms and regulations to drive both supply and demand, aviation can achieve net-zero carbon emissions. The strategic fit with LanzaJet is exciting.

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USDA announces conditional commitment for $70M loan guarantee for Ensyn cellulosic biofuel refinery

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a conditional commitment for a $70-million loan guarantee to help build a cellulosic biorefinery in central Georgia. Ensyn Georgia Biorefinery I, LLC (Ensyn) will construct and operate a cellulosic biofuel refinery in Dooly County, Georgia.

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Ryder’s natural gas fleet surpasses 20 million miles

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The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving more than 40 customer operations in California, New York, Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Utah, Georgia, and Louisiana. Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 3.1

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AI Screens Out Robocallers

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According to one such index by the app Truecaller, the world’s spam call nexus is Brazil. One machine-learning-based system was created by a group including Mustaque Ahamad , a computer scientist at Georgia Tech, and Sharbani Pandit, then a graduate student. For Brazilians, that’s still a drastic decline from a few years ago.)

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Faraday Future EV startup says it will invest $1B in US manufacturing facility

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The company has been considering several locations including California, Georgia, Louisiana and Nevada, for its facility. In addition to producing vehicles, the company plans to explore other aspects of the automotive and technology industries, including unique ownership and usage models, in-vehicle content and autonomous driving.

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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The initiative, which funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States. There is a great possibility of linking new technology, a whole range of different sectors, that make up the new mobility industry cluster. —Susan Zielinski.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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The drone industry alone was estimated at US $100 billion in 2020, and autonomous systems are already driving significantly more value across other domains. This is not to say that researchers are ignoring security — after all, security infrastructure and tools are a multi-billion dollar industry. Gartner coined the term.

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