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Ford targeting 30% reduction in water used per vehicle by 2015

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—Sue Cischke, group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. Ford’s latest water reduction initiatives are designed to build on the success the company has had with its Global Water Management Initiative that launched in 2000. Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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420 million for fusion energy sciences, $48 million below the FY 2015 Enacted level, to understand the behavior of matter at high temperatures and densities and to develop fusion as a future energy source, including funding for the U.S. Within the $10.7 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 The Science Budget Request includes: $1.85

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UK government and industry to invest >$1.5B in Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) for low carbon vehicles; technology roadmaps for 5 priority areas

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The UK needs to build up a comprehensive talent pipeline including in the supply chain, starting in schools and encouraging a career path to apprenticeships, graduates and post graduates. Business environment: The UK faces stiff competition from other countries that strategically support advanced manufacturing, the report advises.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Homes and public buildings: Making homes, schools and hospitals greener, warmer and more energy efficient, including a target to install 600,000 heat pumps every year by 2028. Nature: Protecting and restoring the natural environment, with plans to include planting 30,000 hectares of trees a year. Point 7: Greener Buildings .

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$90M UR:BAN research initiative presenting results on ADAS and traffic management for cities; intelligent vehicles

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The “Emergency braking assistant” reduces or even avoids imminent collisions in the urban environment by situation-specific braking and steering interventions. Researchers in the “Environment Sensing” department showed their system thousands of photos from various German cities.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Successful technologies will significantly increase the confidence that CO 2 placed in geologic formations is being accurately tracked and remains permanently stored, thus protecting human health and the environment. Fusion Petroleum Technologies , The Woodlands, Texas. Columbia University , New York, N.Y.

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Desktop Metal qualifies 4140 low-alloy steel for high-volume additive manufacturing of end-use parts with the Production System

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Desktop Metal, a provider of mass-production additive-manufacturing (AM) solutions, has qualified the use of 4140 low-alloy steel for the Production System platform, which leverages patent-pending Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology designed to achieve the fastest build speeds in the metal additive manufacturing industry.

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