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Will Fukushima’s Water Dump Set a Risky Precedent?

Cars That Think

Japanese authorities have been pumping that water into a vast array of tanks on-site: currently over a thousand tanks, and adding around one new tank per week. Now, Japanese authorities are preparing to release that water into the Pacific Ocean. Before they do that, they'll treat the water to cleanse it of radioactive contaminants.

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Study confirms €1T green hydrogen potential for Africa

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Government leaders, ministers, international finance, business partners and civil society from across Africa attended the unveiling event. 1 trillion green hydrogen investment can deliver the equivalent of more than one-third of Africa’s current energy consumption, boost GDP, improve clean water supply and empower communities.

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R2/R3 event impressions – Rivian gets the details right

Baua Electric

Rivian unveiled the R2 – and the surprise R3 – yesterday, and after getting back and having some time to digest the event, I’m here to talk about a lot of smaller details that I learned which didn’t get mentioned on the livestream. And just from the very beginning of the event, Rivian started getting the details right.

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Tesla submits its application to build batteries at Giga Berlin

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Tesla has officially submitted amended application documents to build electric vehicle battery cells at its German production plant, Giga Berlin. The new, revolutionary cell was unveiled at Tesla’s Battery Day event in September 2020 and will give vehicles more range, power, and performance than its previously used 2170 batteries.

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

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With plans to have the capacity to build more than 1 million EVs by 2025, GM continues to ramp investments in the ecosystem that will enable mass adoption and support those who play a vital role in the responsible deployment of electrified technology.

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Rice study: higher ethanol blends require different approach to deal with vapor intrusion in buildings; extreme event, low probability

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A study lead by researchers at Rice University suggests that current approaches to manage the vapor intrusion risk into buildings in the vicinity of conventional fuel spills might need to be modified when dealing with some higher ethanol blend fuel (i.e., E20 up to E95) releases. —Ma et al. Pedro Alvarez, corresponding author.

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HZB, 3M team explores water management in PFIA membranes for fuel cells; better performance at higher temps and low humidity

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These additional acidic sites on each hydrophilic side chain provide additional protons for the proton transport and allow for the formation of larger water channels. The water management in the PFIA membrane is of interest, since it is crucial for the performance of the fuel cell: in order to function it needs to be humid but never wet.

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