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Rivian to build new $5 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia

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Rivian to build new $5 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia. When the factory will be built it will employ more than 7,500 people which is going to build Rivian’s next generation of electric vehicles. The Rivian’s current factory in Illinois has a capacity for as many as 300,000 vehicles per year.

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Rivian R1EVS to join fleets in the mining industry

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It is about fostering a safer, healthier environment for mine operators, particularly in subterranean settings where the elimination of tailpipe emissions is paramount. We have already seen strong support for the Rivian product, as well as the infrastructure MEVCO is building to support the rollout,” added Cahir.

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IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

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Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. It also operates with oxygen supplied by air from the surrounding environment. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science.

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Rivian is holding a job fair on Saturday at its Normal, IL factory

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Rivian is holding a job fair on Saturday at its factory in Normal, Illinois. We can get to know them, do everything else here, they will have an R1T or an R1S on site that they can check out and see what they can potentially be building as well. The career fair will be held from 10 a.m. They can bring themselves.

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DOE awards Donald Danforth Plant Science Center $16M to enhance energy sorghum

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Building on earlier research using the model grass, green foxtail ( Setaria viridis ), this project will identify new genes and pathways that contribute to photosynthesis and enhanced water use efficiency. This project aims to deliver stress-tolerant sorghum lines, addressing DOE’s mission in the generation of renewable energy resources.

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ARPA-E awarding up to $24M to 10 projects to support advanced nuclear power plants

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As utilities have begun retiring older plants, however, comparatively high costs have made it difficult to justify building new nuclear power plants. In the building phase, cost savings may be realized through modular and advanced manufacturing techniques that bring most of the work to the factory instead to the construction site.

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Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology; “imperfections-immune design”

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Though it could take years to mature, the Stanford approach points toward the possibility of industrial-scale production of carbon nanotube semiconductors, according to Naresh Shanbhag, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and director of SONIC, a consortium for next-generation chip design research.

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