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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. They provide enough power for the tug to operate at 40 tonnes bollard pull in the event of an electrical system failure or if the vessel needs to operate for a longer duration.

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Now spend 10 minutes watching a telepresence robot assemble a turkey sandwich. The Kuka website doesn't say how much this thing costs, which means it's almost certainly not something that you impulse buy.

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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That’s because stopping would cool off the operating reactors, buying the beleaguered operators time to avert nuclear meltdowns if, say, shelling sparks a station-wide blackout. And they look at risk across the site rather than just individual units, so they can spot larger accidents that happen when one event disrupts multiple systems.

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The French are coming. The Green Piece

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At the event, Renault unveiled four electric vehicles: the four-door saloon Fluence; the Kangoo ZE electric delivery van; the Zoe ZE, an ultra-cute city coupe; and the Twizy ZE, a two-seat, four-wheeled enclosed electric enclosed scooter.

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